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of capacity by 2022 and to 2022 and to connect 5 million new households and 15,739 public institutions to electricity through the Last Mile
Connectivity Programme. Demand is expected to reach 2834 MW by
the end of 2020 according to the PSMTP.
In July 2019, Tullow Oil announced that Kenya has pumped out
200,000 barrels of crude oil with a current market value of USD12.6
million.
37 In August 2019, Kenya exported the barrels pursuant to its
Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS).
38 Kenya has also recently discovered at
least 1 billion metric tonnes of recoverable coal.
39
Kenya’s Energy Demand and Consumption
Kenya’s greatest share of energy use is from burning traditional biomass
(wood and coal) for lighting, heating and cooking in the residential
sector. Its use has, however, accelerated mass deforestation (which is an
important factor in climate change) and has also increased the susception
of households to respiratory diseases. Kenya imports all of its petroleum
products. Petrol and diesel are predominantly used in the manufacturing
and transport sectors while kerosene is used chiefly in rural areas for
lighting, heating and cooking.
According to data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics,
Kenya’s consumption of petroleum energy has increased consistently in
the past five years and now stands at over 5,044,200 tonnes.
40 Liquefied
Petroleum Gas (LPG) is also used in urban areas for heating and cooking.
At present, Kenya is doing its groundwork to realize its 2030 vision
of becoming a ‘newly industrialising, middle-income country’.
41 Energy
is a critical component in the development of the Kenyan economy
as it will be vital in the wholly energy-driven agriculture, Information
and Communications Technology (ICT), manufacturing and transport
sectors.
42
37 ‘Tullow in Kenya’, https://www.tullowoil.com/operations/east-africa/kenya, accessed 9 August
2019.
38 Ibid.
39 Kenya Data Portal, ‘Coal Reserves’, http://kenya.opendataforafrica.org/bpiorse/coal-reserves,
accessed 9 August 2019.
40 Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, Economic Survey Report 2019.
41 the Republic of Kenya, Kenya Vision 2030 (2007).
42 Ibid.
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of capacity by 2022 and to 2022 and to connect 5 million new households and 15,739 public institutions to electricity through the Last Mile
Connectivity Programme. Demand is expected to reach 2834 MW by
the end of 2020 according to the PSMTP.
In July 2019, Tullow Oil announced that Kenya has pumped out
200,000 barrels of crude oil with a current market value of USD12.6
million.
37 In August 2019, Kenya exported the barrels pursuant to its
Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS).
38 Kenya has also recently discovered at
least 1 billion metric tonnes of recoverable coal.
39
Kenya’s Energy Demand and Consumption
Kenya’s greatest share of energy use is from burning traditional biomass
(wood and coal) for lighting, heating and cooking in the residential
sector. Its use has, however, accelerated mass deforestation (which is an
important factor in climate change) and has also increased the susception
of households to respiratory diseases. Kenya imports all of its petroleum
products. Petrol and diesel are predominantly used in the manufacturing
and transport sectors while kerosene is used chiefly in rural areas for
lighting, heating and cooking.
According to data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics,
Kenya’s consumption of petroleum energy has increased consistently in
the past five years and now stands at over 5,044,200 tonnes.
40 Liquefied
Petroleum Gas (LPG) is also used in urban areas for heating and cooking.
At present, Kenya is doing its groundwork to realize its 2030 vision
of becoming a ‘newly industrialising, middle-income country’.
41 Energy
is a critical component in the development of the Kenyan economy
as it will be vital in the wholly energy-driven agriculture, Information
and Communications Technology (ICT), manufacturing and transport
sectors.
42
37 ‘Tullow in Kenya’, https://www.tullowoil.com/operations/east-africa/kenya, accessed 9 August
2019.
38 Ibid.
39 Kenya Data Portal, ‘Coal Reserves’, http://kenya.opendataforafrica.org/bpiorse/coal-reserves,
accessed 9 August 2019.
40 Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, Economic Survey Report 2019.
41 the Republic of Kenya, Kenya Vision 2030 (2007).
42 Ibid.