Kenya Plans to Double Power Generation by 2022 as Economy Grows
- Renewables to boost generation capacity to 5,221 megawatts
- Economy will probably grow at average 7% through June 2022
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Kenya plans to almost double its power-generation capacity by 2021-22 as East Africa’s largest economy expands, partly driven by manufacturing.
Generation capacity will probably reach 5,221 megawatts from about 2,700 megawatts currently, State Department of Planning Principal Secretary Torome Saitoti said Thursday. Additional capacity will come from mainly renewable energy, Saitoti said at a meeting in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.