Kenya Energy Situation - Revision history

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Fernanda Wynter: /* Tax policy */

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Tax policy

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Tax policy

Katharina Telfser: /* Further Information */

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Further Information

Ahmed El-Sherbini at 10:58, 8 July 2020

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 Kenya has an installed capacity of 2,3 MG. Whilst about 57% is hydro power, about 32% is thermal and the rest comprises geothermal and emergency thermal power. Solar PV and Wind power play a minor role contributing 2%. However, hydropower has ranged from 38-76% of the generation mix due to poor rainfall. Thermal energy sources have been used to make up for these shortfalls, varying between 16-33% of the mix<ref name="Energy resource">GTZ (2007): Eastern Africa Resource Base: GTZ Online Regional Energy Resource Base: Regional and Country Specific Energy Resource Database: II - Energy Resource. </ref>
-Kenya’s current effective installed (grid connected) electricity capacity is 2,990 MW. Electricity supply is predominantly sourced from hydro and fossil fuel (thermal) sources. This generation energy mix comprises hydro at 838 MW, geothermal at 863 MW, 2% from biogas cogeneration, wind at 437 MW and solar at 173 MW. 8.6 million households in Kenya have been connected to the grid at the end of 2021, i.e, to over 75 percent of its population<ref>https://africa.cgtn.com/2022/02/25/75-of-kenyans-have-access-to-electricity-says-countrys-energy-regulator/</ref>.
+Kenya’s current effective installed (grid connected) electricity capacity is 2,990 MW. Electricity supply is predominantly sourced from hydro and fossil fuel (thermal) sources. This generation energy mix comprises hydro at 838 MW, geothermal at 863 MW, 2% from biogas cogeneration, wind at 437 MW and solar at 173 MW. 8.6 million households in Kenya have been connected to the grid at the end of 2021, i.e, to over 75 percent of its population.<ref>https://www.epra.go.ke/energy-petroleum-statistics-report-2021/</ref>
 <u>Households in Kenya use the following source for lighting:</u>

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 Kenya has an installed capacity of 2,3 MG. Whilst about 57% is hydro power, about 32% is thermal and the rest comprises geothermal and emergency thermal power. Solar PV and Wind power play a minor role contributing 2%. However, hydropower has ranged from 38-76% of the generation mix due to poor rainfall. Thermal energy sources have been used to make up for these shortfalls, varying between 16-33% of the mix<ref name="Energy resource">GTZ (2007): Eastern Africa Resource Base: GTZ Online Regional Energy Resource Base: Regional and Country Specific Energy Resource Database: II - Energy Resource. </ref>
-Kenya’s current effective installed (grid connected) electricity capacity is 2,990 MW. Electricity supply is predominantly sourced from hydro and fossil fuel (thermal) sources. This generation energy mix comprises hydro at 838 MW, geothermal at 863 MW, 2% from biogas cogeneration, wind at 437 MW and solar at 173 MW. 8.6 million households in Kenya have been connected to the grid at the end of 2021, i.e, to over 75 percent of its population.
+Kenya’s current effective installed (grid connected) electricity capacity is 2,990 MW. Electricity supply is predominantly sourced from hydro and fossil fuel (thermal) sources. This generation energy mix comprises hydro at 838 MW, geothermal at 863 MW, 2% from biogas cogeneration, wind at 437 MW and solar at 173 MW. 8.6 million households in Kenya have been connected to the grid at the end of 2021, i.e, to over 75 percent of its population<ref>https://africa.cgtn.com/2022/02/25/75-of-kenyans-have-access-to-electricity-says-countrys-energy-regulator/</ref>.
 <u>Households in Kenya use the following source for lighting:</u>
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-Kenya has an installed capacity of 2.3 GW. Whilst about 57% is hydro power, about 32% is thermal and the rest comprises geothermal and emergency thermal power. Solar PV and Wind power play a minor role contributing less than 1%. However, hydropower has ranged from 38-76% of the generation mix due to poor rainfall. Thermal energy sources have been used to make up for these shortfalls, varying between 16-33% of the mix<ref name="Energy resource">GTZ (2007): Eastern Africa Resource Base: GTZ Online Regional Energy Resource Base: Regional and Country Specific Energy Resource Database: II - Energy Resource. </ref>
+Kenya has an installed capacity of 2,3 MG. Whilst about 57% is hydro power, about 32% is thermal and the rest comprises geothermal and emergency thermal power. Solar PV and Wind power play a minor role contributing 2%. However, hydropower has ranged from 38-76% of the generation mix due to poor rainfall. Thermal energy sources have been used to make up for these shortfalls, varying between 16-33% of the mix<ref name="Energy resource">GTZ (2007): Eastern Africa Resource Base: GTZ Online Regional Energy Resource Base: Regional and Country Specific Energy Resource Database: II - Energy Resource. </ref>
-Kenya’s current effective installed (grid connected) electricity capacity is 1,429 MW. Electricity supply is predominantly sourced from hydro and fossil fuel (thermal) sources. This generation energy mix comprises 52.1% from hydro, 32.5% from fossil fuels, 13.2% from geothermal, 1.8% from biogas cogeneration and 0.4% from wind, respectively. Current electricity demand is 1,600 MW and is projected to grow to 2,600-3600 MW by 2020. As of 2018, 6.9 million people in Kenya have been connected to the grid i.e three quarters of the total population<ref>Kenya’s 2022 universal electrification goal bets on off-grid solar. Dec 2018fckLRhttps://www.pv-magazine.com/2018/12/07/kenyas-2022-universal-electrification-goal-bets-on-off-grid-solar/</ref>.
+Kenya’s current effective installed (grid connected) electricity capacity is 2,990 MW. Electricity supply is predominantly sourced from hydro and fossil fuel (thermal) sources. This generation energy mix comprises hydro at 838 MW, geothermal at 863 MW, 2% from biogas cogeneration, wind at 437 MW and solar at 173 MW. 8.6 million households in Kenya have been connected to the grid at the end of 2021, i.e, to over 75 percent of its population.
 <u>Households in Kenya use the following source for lighting:</u>

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	On 23 July 2020, Kenya has passed a Finace bill that will introduce a 14% VAT on all off-grid solar products<ref name="https://www.gogla.org/news/policy-alert-kenya-introduces-vat-on-off-grid-solar-products">https://www.gogla.org/news/policy-alert-kenya-introduces-vat-on-off-grid-solar-products</ref>.		On 23 July 2020, Kenya has passed a Finace bill that will introduce a 14% VAT on all off-grid solar products<ref name="https://www.gogla.org/news/policy-alert-kenya-introduces-vat-on-off-grid-solar-products">https://www.gogla.org/news/policy-alert-kenya-introduces-vat-on-off-grid-solar-products</ref>.
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		+	On 30 June 2021, the H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta signed the Finance Act 2021 which excepmpts VAT on renewable energy products including solar and wind generation equipment, and clean cooking solutions.<ref>https://www.gogla.org/news/a-big-win-for-kenya-government-reinstates-vat-exemption-on-renewable-energy-products?mc_cid=bfea68e26e&mc_eid=59703eae16</ref>

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 == Other Policy ==
 === Tax policy ===
-Kenya introduced a VAT on solar products totalling 16% in 2013, but the government has now decided that it will dismiss this tax in a move to cut cost of renewable energy products.
+Kenya introduced a VAT on solar products totalling 16% in 2013, but the government in 2014 decided to remove this tax in an attempt to cut cost of renewable energy products<ref name="https://solar-aid.org/kenya-celebrates-vat-exemption-solar/">https://solar-aid.org/kenya-celebrates-vat-exemption-solar/</ref>.
 === Kenya National Electrification Strategy (KNES) 2019 ===

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 = Further Information<br/> =
-*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[http://www.erb.go.ke/energy.pdf The Energy Act 2006]</span>
+*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;  font-size: small;  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[http://www.erb.go.ke/energy.pdf The Energy Act 2006]</span>
-*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[http://www.enable.nu/publication/D_1_7_Kenya_Energy_Policy_Overview.pdf Kenya Energy Policy Overview]</span>
+*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;  font-size: small;  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[http://www.enable.nu/publication/D_1_7_Kenya_Energy_Policy_Overview.pdf Kenya Energy Policy Overview]</span>
-*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[http://bit.ly/1xGWBFu Kenya: Integrated assessment of the Energy Policy]</span>
+*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;  font-size: small;  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[http://bit.ly/1xGWBFu Kenya: Integrated assessment of the Energy Policy]</span>
-*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[[:File:Kenya country report.pdf|Kenya Country Report]]</span>
+*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;  font-size: small;  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[[:File:Kenya country report.pdf|Kenya Country Report]]</span>
-*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[[Mobile Phone Market in Kenya|Mobile Phone Market in Kenya]]</span>
+*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;  font-size: small;  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[[Mobile Phone Market in Kenya|Mobile Phone Market in Kenya]]</span>
-*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[http://bit.ly/1B0tNxz Disseminating Wind pumps in Rural Kenya - Meeting Rural Water Needs using Locally Manufactured Wind pumps.]</span>
+*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;  font-size: small;  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[http://bit.ly/1B0tNxz Disseminating Wind pumps in Rural Kenya - Meeting Rural Water Needs using Locally Manufactured Wind pumps.]</span>
-*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[http://swera.unep.net/ SWERA (Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment) Programme]</span>
+*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;  font-size: small;  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[http://swera.unep.net/ SWERA (Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment) Programme]</span>
-*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[http://www.erc.go.ke/erc/LCPDP.pdf Least Cost Power Development Plan]</span>
+*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;  font-size: small;  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[http://www.erc.go.ke/erc/LCPDP.pdf Least Cost Power Development Plan]</span>
-*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[http://www.energy.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Updated SREP Draft Investment Plan-May 2011.pdf Renewables Investment Plan for Kenya]</span>
+*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;  font-size: small;  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[http://www.energy.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Updated SREP Draft Investment Plan-May 2011.pdf Renewables Investment Plan for Kenya]</span>
-*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[http://www.gdc.co.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=191&Itemid=163 Geothermal Development Company of Kenya]</span>
+*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;  font-size: small;  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[http://www.gdc.co.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=191&Itemid=163 Geothermal Development Company of Kenya]</span>
-*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[http://www.erc.go.ke/erc/fitpolicy.pdf Feed-in tarriffs for renewables in Kenya]</span>
+*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;  font-size: small;  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[http://www.erc.go.ke/erc/fitpolicy.pdf Feed-in tarriffs for renewables in Kenya]</span>
-*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[[Kenya - Information Sources|External information sources for Kenya]]</span>
+*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;  font-size: small;  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[[Kenya - Information Sources|External information sources for Kenya]]</span>
-*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">ProSolar handbooks: [[:File:GIZ2014-en-where-shall-we-put-it-kenya.pdf|site selection]], [[Mini Grid Licensing|licensing]], [[Mini-Grid Sizing|system sizing]].</span>
+*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;  font-size: small;  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">ProSolar handbooks: [[:File:GIZ2014-en-where-shall-we-put-it-kenya.pdf|site selection]], [[Mini Grid Licensing|licensing]], [[Mini-Grid Sizing|system sizing]].</span>
-*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">ProSolar 2016 factsheets: [[:File:2016 GIZ ProSolar brief Leading the way to rural electrification.pdf|ProSolar]]&nbsp;project, [[:File:Mini-Grids RBF Brochure.pdf|Mini-Grids Result Based Financing]]&nbsp;(RBF) project.</span>
+*<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;  font-size: small;  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">ProSolar 2016 factsheets: [[:File:2016 GIZ ProSolar brief Leading the way to rural electrification.pdf|ProSolar]]&nbsp;project, [[:File:Mini-Grids RBF Brochure.pdf|Mini-Grids Result Based Financing]]&nbsp;(RBF) project.</span>
 *USAID Power Africa [https://www.usaid.gov/powerafrica/kenya Kenya Factsheet]
 *[https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/kenya-goes-all-out-for-renewable-energy-18559/ Kenya goes all out for renewable energy]
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 *[http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/413001554284496731/Kenya-National-Electrification-Strategy-KNES-Key-Highlights-2018.pdf Kenya National Electrification Strategy 2018]<br/>
 *[https://www.gogla.org/news/policy-alert-kenya-introduces-vat-on-off-grid-solar-products Policy Alert: Kenya Introduces VAT on Off-Grid Solar Products]
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