Electricity access soared from 37% in 2013 to 79% in 2023, and Kenya is reaching toward fully renewable electricity in the next decade. But significant gaps remain.
Its went from 37% electrification to 79%, with 90% of power from renewables, and have the goal of hitting 100% electrification by 2030, with 100% renewables by 2035. They have the biggest wind farm in Africa, and are the one of the biggest importers of solar for off grid power in the world.
Its went from 37% electrification to 79%, with 90% of power from renewables, and have the goal of hitting 100% electrification by 2030, with 100% renewables by 2035. They have the biggest wind farm in Africa, and are the one of the biggest importers of solar for off grid power in the world.
That is intense, and stunning.
Going from 37% to 79% in 10 years is roughly the rate every industrialized nation did it.
I will be impressed if they reach 98% by 2030.
There’s an S curve to these things. The middle moves real fast.
The beginning is hard work and it’s expensive.
Then the infrastructure allows explosion to areas with easy access.
Lastly, diminishing marginal returns to extend the infrastructure to the less easy to access areas.
So what I’m saying is, what they’ve done isn’t really impressive, yet. Other than “In the greater context of ‘Africa’”.
Their goal (100% by 2030), is lofty and if they reach it that’d be crazy and article-worthy.
I’m glad to know Kenya is moving apace, but they are moving exactly that. Apace. Not exceptional. Not yet.