Kenya has announced ambitious plans to add more than 5,000 MW to their generating capacity over 40 months. If this is achieved, it would increase the country's generating output from 1,644 MW to over 6,700 MW by the end of 2016.
However, concerns have been expressed as to the prudence of adding so much capacity so quickly, and whether the current electricity demand would meet up with the supply, and the possibility of Kenya ending up with a wasteful electricity surplus. If Kenya is able to generate that amount of electricity, demand would equal supply if six new Nairobis can be created within the same period. While the possibility of this is not in doubt, the practicability is.
Could electricity export be the alternative? Creating the infrastructure to transport electricity to prospective buyer countries would be indeed be a more challenging task.
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