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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
| Year | gCO₂e/kWh | Δ | Renewables % | 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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Open the globe →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".