COUNTRY OVERVIEW Territory 582,646 Sq. Kilometres Capital Nairobi 46.3 with over 65% youth Population (m, 2017) growth rate 2.1% Urban pop 24% GDP Gro

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1 KENYA By Mungai Kihara Ministry of Energy Renewable Energy Directorate 1

2 COUNTRY OVERVIEW Territory 582,646 Sq. Kilometres Capital Nairobi 46.3 with over 65% youth Population (m, 2017) growth rate 2.1% Urban pop 24% GDP Growth Rate 5.8% (Economic Survey 2017) (2017) Official Languages Kiswahili and English Nominal GDP (2016) US$ 71.6 billion GDP Per Capita 1,576(US$, 2016) Currency Average Exchange Rate System of Government Borders No. Of Households Kenya Shilling ( KES ) USD/KES: (through October 2017) Multi-party democracy with five (5) year election cycles since 1992 Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia 8.4 Million (Approximately) 2

3 ECONOMY: Agriculture and Horticulture - products: Tea, coffee, cut flowers, maize, wheat, pulses, fruit, vegetables, sugarcane; dairy products, beef, fish, poultry, eggs etc. Industries: Small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, batteries, textiles, clothing, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural products, oil refining; aluminum, steel, lead; cement, commercial ship repair, etc Services: Tourism, financial, transportation, communication etc 3

4 Organisational structure 4

5 Reserves of energy and mineral resources Energy/Mineral Geothermal Wind Solar Crude Oil Coal Limestone Carbon Dioxide Gas Fluorspar Soda Ash Reserves (Approximately) MW of Electricity Average of above 8m/s wind speeds in the best areas Average of 6kW/m2 Irradiance 500 Million Barrels 1 Billion Metric Tonnes Metric Tonnes Metric Tonnes Metric Tonnes Metric Tonnes 5

6 Current energy policy and The Energy Act 2006 measures The Energy Policy (Sessional Paper No ) The Energy Bill The Draft Energy Policy The Feed in Tariffs Policy The Geothermal Strategy and Policy (Under Preparation) The Draft Renewable Energy Auction Policy 6

7 Primary energy supply (Unit: ktoe) 6000 Primary Energy Supply Energy Supply (ktoe) Energy Supply (ktoe) (2012) (2013) Energy Supply (kto (2014) Local Production (Mainly Electricity) Imports (Mainly Petroleum Products, coal and coke) Exports (Mainly Petroleum Products) Energy Supply (ktoe) Energy Supply (ktoe) (2015) (2016) Data from Economic Survey

8 Primary energy supply (Unit: ktoe) 6000 Primary Energy Supply Energy Supply in 2012 (ktoe) Energy Supply in 2013 (ktoe) Energy Supply in 2014 (ktoe) Energy Supply in 2015 (ktoe) Energy Supply in 2016 (ktoe) Coal and coke Petroleum Products Electricity Data from Economic Survey

9 Final energy consumption (Unit: ktoe) Final Energy Consumption Energy Consumption in 2016 (ktoe) Energy Consumption in 2016 (ktoe) Energy Consumption in 2016 (ktoe) Energy Consumption in 2016 (ktoe) Energy Consumption in 2016 (ktoe) Industry Transport Domestic Government Data from Economic Survey

10 Electricity generation (Unit: GWh) 5,000 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1, Generation Gwh (2012) Electricity Generation Generation Gwh (2013) Generation Gwh (2014) Generation Gwh (2015) Hydro Thermal Geothermal Wind Imports Biogas Generation Gwh (2016) Data fro Kenya Power Annual Report

11 Energy Prices (Electricity Generation) Technology Type Plant Capacity (MW) Geothermal Energy Tariff ($/kwh) at the Interconnection Point Wind Biomass Small Hydro Firm - Non-Firm Firm 0.10 Non-firm 0.75 Biogas Solar Grid Off-grid Data from Feed-In Tariffs Policy

12 Electricity Generation up to GWh MW Low Reference High Low Reference High Data from Draft LCPDP

13 Energy-related investment for domestic and overseas Transmission Interconnectors Ethiopia Kenya 500kVDC Kenya Tanzania 400kV Kenya Uganda 400kV Generation Geothermal Coal 981MW 13

14 Major difficulties and bottlenecks Lack of Reliable Data Disjointed Data Lack of Capacity 14

15 Subjects you would like to study Energy forecast Energy supply and demand balancing Energy and power economics 15

16 THANK YOU ASANTENI Contact 16