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Power Plants in Kenya
Kenya has 23 power plants on the map, adding up to about 2 GW of capacity. By number of plants, the most common type is hydro. Below: the full fuel mix and the country’s biggest stations. From the WRI Global Power Plant Database, snapshot 2026-06-23.
POWER PLANTS23
TOTAL CAPACITY2 GW
MOST COMMON FUELHydro
By fuel
How Kenya’s plants split by primary fuel, by number of stations, with total installed capacity for each.
Hydro8 · 35% · 785 MW
Oil6 · 26% · 556 MW
Geothermal6 · 26% · 754 MW
Wind2 · 9% · 336 MW
Solar1 · 4% · 56 MW
Largest power plants in Kenya
The country’s biggest stations by installed capacity, with fuel and commissioning year where recorded.
310 MWLake TurkanaWind2017
225 MWGitaruHydro1978
185 MWOlkaria IGeothermal1981
168 MWKiambereHydro1987
140 MWOlkaria I units 4 & 5Geothermal2015
140 MWOlkaria IVGeothermal2014
139 MWOlkaria III (Orpower 4)Geothermal2015
120 MWKipevu IIIOil1999
109 MWIberafrica I & II (Nairobi south diesel PP)Oil
106 MWTurkwelHydro1990
105 MWOlkaria IIGeothermal1982
94 MWKamburuHydro1974
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