Kenya Power’s Decarbonising the Energy Mix Initiative

A scoping study by the NewClimate Institute analyzing challenges and intervention options for Kenya Power’s Decarbonise the Energy Mix Initiative, part of its 2018-2023 Strategic Plan.

• Kenya's power system is among the least carbon-intensive in its region, primarily because of a high proportion of dispatchable renewables, specifically geothermal and hydro, alongside available wind and solar resources.
• The deployment of a coal power plant in Lamu would create an oversupply in the power system and hinder the integration of variable renewable energy (VRE) due to high minimum loads and low ramp rates.
• While the Kenyan power system successfully integrated 310 MW of wind power in 2019, further penetration of variable renewable energy will necessitate increased flexibility to maintain reliable supply and demand balance, as well as restructuring to accommodate Distributed Energy Resources (DER).

APA

NewClimate Institute (2021). Kenya Power’s Decarbonising the Energy Mix Initiative. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/kenya-powers-decarbonising-the-energy-mix-initiative

Chicago

NewClimate Institute. Kenya Power’s Decarbonising the Energy Mix Initiative. 2021. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/kenya-powers-decarbonising-the-energy-mix-initiative.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{newclimateinstitute2021kenya, author = {{NewClimate Institute}}, title = {{Kenya Power’s Decarbonising the Energy Mix Initiative}}, institution = {NewClimate Institute}, year = {2021}, month = sep, url = {http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/kenya-powers-decarbonising-the-energy-mix-initiative}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }