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Publication date: 2015
Author: IEA
Description: Kenya is in a very interesting development phase with regards to its domestic energy requirements. In the past decade the country has grappled with the challenge of unreliable, expensive and unsustainable energy use supporting a stagnating industrial and manufacturing base. This is due to aging energy infrastructure that can no longer meet the modern day requirements as envisaged in the country’s economic blueprint, the Kenya Vision 2030. At the same time the country has recently made some welcome discoveries in the form of coal, oil and gas deposits that could significantly change the structure of the economy, with major contributions to public revenue as well as impact on other economic sectors.
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Publication date: 2013, July
Author: MoEaP
Description: Energy Sector Investment Policy:
- Private sector involved in commercial power generation since power sector was liberalized in 1997;
- Role of the private sector expected to grow over time in power generation;
- Many opportunities exist especially in the electricity generation from renewable sources.
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Publication date: 2012, August
Author: NEPC
Description: Presentation Outline:
- Current power situation;
- Vision 2030;
- Future power demand;
- Future power mix;
- Nuclear as part of the mix;
- Kenya’s nuclear power programme;
- The Legal Frameworks;
- Conclusions.
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Publication date: 2012
Author: Kenya Gov
Description: An Act of Parliament to amend and consolidate the law relating to energy, to provide for the establishment, powers and functions of the Energy Regulatory Commission and the Rural Electrification Authority, and for connected purposes.
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Publication date: 2012
Author: KPLC
Description: Objectives of the reforms were to enhance operational efficiency and attract private sector investment in power generation.
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Publication date: 2006, August
Author: UNEP
Description: The Integrated Assessment and Planning (IAP) project is a UNEP-led project that seeks to enhance institutional capacity for integration of social and environmental considerations, as well as trade issues, into national and sectoral planning processes. Previously, inadequate consideration of these issues in national and sectoral policy planning and coordination has contributed to environmental and social problems in Kenya, such as adverse human health effects, and degradation of water, air, land, and other natural resources.
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Publication date: 2006
Author: Kenya Gov
Description: An Act of Parliament to amend and consolidate the law relating to energy, to provide for the establishment, powers and functions of the Energy Regulatory Commission and the Rural Electrification Authority, and for connected purposes.
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Publication date: 1986
Author: Kenya Gov
Description: An Act of Parliament to facilitate and regulate the generation, transmission, transformation, distribution, supply and use of electric energy for lighting and other purposes, and for purposes connected therewith 1. This Act may be cited as the Electric Power Act.
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