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Significance
The plan envisages a massive expansion of geothermal energy, through the sinking of 57 new wells across six major steam fields, which would make Kenya the world’s fourth-largest producer of geothermal energy. The potential for further expansion still, both in Kenya and East Africa as a whole, is enormous but not without challenges.
Impacts
Kenya is well on track to achieve a 100% clean energy mix by 2030; geothermal, which currently makes up 28% of this, will play a key role.
Kenya has 940 megawatts of installed geothermal capacity, but even conservative estimates suggest the potential for over 10,000 megawatts.
Growing donor investments in the African Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) will support new renewables projects.
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East Africa,
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renewable energy,
Renewable energy
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