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Kenya's power sector in numbers

Ember monthly data 2019-01 → 2026-04 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0

Carbon intensity · 2026-04

78gCO₂e/kWh

#9 cleanest of 80 tracked (2025)

Renewables share

92.9%

clean incl. nuclear: 92.9%

Records

Cleanest: 52 (2020-04)

Dirtiest: 166 (2022-02)

The trend, year by year

YeargCO₂e/kWhΔRenewables %Generation TWh
2025 88 +11 91.5 13.3
2024 77 -11 93.1 12.6
2023 88 -12 91.1 12.5
2022 100 +14 89.2 12.6
2021 86 +19 91.2 12.1
2020 67 -29 94.3 11.5
2019 96 89.7 11.4

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Source: "Monthly electricity data, Ember" (CC-BY-4.0). Yearly figures are generation-weighted (Σ emissions ÷ Σ generation, complete years only). Monthly statistical data — estimated, not live measurement. Cite as "Voltcast Research, voltcast.com/research/countries/ke".