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Publication date: 2016, January
Author: MoEaP / SE4ALL
Description: The goal of the initiative is to: mobilize all stakeholders to take concrete action toward ensuring universal access to modern energy services; double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency and; double the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix, within the UN timeframe of 2030.
Publication date: 2015, November
Author: WB
Description: The analysis and recommendations in this Open Energy Data Readiness Assessment are based on the information and opinions collected from the interviews undertaken and materials provided by the government and other stakeholders during this study.
Publication date: 2015, July
Author: Power Africa
Description: The Government of Kenya has set forth its “Vision 2030,” a program to transform Kenya into a “newly industrializing, middle-income” country. Yet, Kenya has 2,150 MW of generation capacity to serve its population of more than 43 million, which constrains economic growth. Kenya is believed to possess more than 7,000 MW of undeveloped geothermal energy resources in the Rift Valley. Wind and biomass energy are also significant potential sources for power generation. Power Africa is helping Kenya reduce reliance on expensive diesel-fueled generation and other high-cost fossil resources.
Publication date: 2015, June
Author: MoEaP
Description: This policy document is organised into nine substantive chapters, starting with the Introduction in Chapter 1. Chapter 2 deals with Petroleum and Coal while Chapter 3 deals with Renewable Energy, including electricity generation from geothermal and hydro resources. Chapter 4 covers Electricity while Chapter 5 is on Energy Efficiency and Conservation. Chapter 6 covers Land, Environment, Health and Safety. Chapters 7, 8 and 9 deal with Devolution and Provision of Energy Services; Energy Financing, Pricing and Socio-Economic Issues; and Cross Cutting Issues, respectively.
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.
Publication date: 2013, July
Author: MoEaP
Description: Energy Sector Investment Policy:
Publication date: 2012, August
Author: NEPC
Description: Presentation Outline:
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.
Publication date: 2012
Author: KPLC
Description: Objectives of the reforms were to enhance operational efficiency and attract private sector investment in power generation.
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.
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.
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.
Nairobi, KENYA