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Power plants in Kenya

A directory of 23 power plants in Kenya with a combined installed capacity of 2,486 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

23power plants
2,486MW total capacity
5fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Kenya)

Hydro: 8 plants8HydroOil: 6 plants6OilGeothermal: 6 plants6GeothermalWind: 2 plants2WindSolar: 1 plants1Solar

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Kenya electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

95gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
90.0%low-carbon electricity
90.0%renewables
10.0%fossil fuels
Other Renewables: 46 % of electricity46Other Rene…Hydro: 21 % of electricity21HydroWind: 16 % of electricity16WindOil: 10 % of electricity10OilSolar: 5 % of electricity5SolarBioenergy: 2 % of electricity2Bioenergy

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Kenya

#PlantFuelMW
1Lake TurkanaWind310
2GitaruHydro225
3Olkaria IGeothermal185
4KiambereHydro168
5Olkaria I units 4 & 5Geothermal140
6Olkaria IVGeothermal140
7Olkaria III (Orpower 4)Geothermal139
8Kipevu IIIOil120
9Iberafrica I & II (Nairobi south diesel PP)Oil109
10TurkwelHydro106
11Olkaria IIGeothermal105
12KamburuHydro94
13RabaiOil90
14ThikaOil88
15Kipevu II (Tsavo)Oil74
16Kipevu IOil74
17KindarumaHydro72
18Sondu MiruHydro60
19GarissaSolar56
20Olkaria IGeothermal45

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Hydro (8)Oil (6)Geothermal (6)