Kenya Energy Lighting Firm PLC (Kenya Energy) owns and operates a lot of the electrical energy transmission and distribution system in Kenya. Kenya Energy sells electrical energy to over 9 million clients. Its present transmission and distribution community has enabled it to make sure that a minimum of 75% of the nation’s inhabitants have entry to the nationwide grid.
Final week, Kenya Energy shared that latest information signifies that only one% of electrical energy clients in Kenya use the service to prepare dinner, with the vast majority of Kenyans primarily counting on wooden gas and fuel. A whole lot of customers in city areas choose to prepare dinner utilizing liquid petroleum fuel (LPG) as they consider it’s cheaper than cooking utilizing an electrical range. The vast majority of folks consider electrical energy tariffs are very excessive in Kenya, therefore the widespread use of LPG use, charcoal, and firewood in varied components of the nation. Electrical energy tariffs for the residential sector are round 30 shillings/kWh together with all of the levies and taxes. That is about 20 USD cents/kWh.
Kenya Energy is actively selling the adoption of electrical cooking (e-cooking) amongst its 9.2 million clients with a goal to extend uptake from roughly 90,000 present customers to over 500,000 customers in three years. This was introduced by the corporate’s Managing Director & CEO, Dr. (Eng.) Joseph Siror, through the launch of the International eCooking Coalition (GeCCo) through the not too long ago held Africa Local weather Week in Nairobi.
“Electrical energy has historically been considered because the costly cooking different by many Kenyans. Center-class households usually personal task-specific electrical cooking home equipment similar to kettles or microwaves however depend on liquefied petroleum fuel for the majority of their cooking. Nevertheless, that is not the case as latest research have proven. There’s, due to this fact, an unlimited untapped potential for e-cooking within the nation,” mentioned Dr. (Eng.) Siror.
GeCCo is an initiative aimed toward accelerating the transition from conventional cooking strategies to e-cooking, each domestically and commercially. The coalition consists of the International Power Alliance for Individuals and Planet (GEAPP), Trendy Power Cooking Providers (MECS), Sustainable Power for All (SEforALL), and Energising Growth (EnDev), amongst others.
“Kenya Energy will work with companions to drive the uptake of e-cooking throughout the nation. The utility has partnered with a number of different organisations together with the Trendy Power Cooking Providers (MECS), the African Centre for Expertise Research (ACTS), and the Clear Cooking Affiliation of Kenya (CCAK) to champion e-cooking in Makueni, Kitui, Nakuru, Kakamega, and Kisumu counties,” added Dr. (Eng.) Siror.
By its Pika na Energy public consciousness marketing campaign, which suggests “Cook dinner with Electrical energy,” Kenya Energy goals to boost consciousness of e-cooking for elevated uptake by its clients. The corporate has arrange demonstration facilities in Nairobi, Kisumu, Nakuru, and Mombasa to advance the e-cooking agenda nationally.
Rising the share of electrical cooking in Kenya will assist increase revenues for Kenya Energy as extra folks use extra electrical energy to prepare dinner. Rising the share of electrical cooking may also assist cut back emissions from the widespread use of charcoal and firewood in addition to assist decelerate deforestation. Kenya’s grid can be powered by over 90% renewables together with geothermal, wind, hydro, and a few utility-scale photo voltaic. Utilizing extra of those renewables to prepare dinner than firewood and LPG will assist cut back emissions in addition to save on the overseas forex used to import LPG. Nevertheless, loads of work lies forward for customers to see extra worth from electrical cooking from an affordability viewpoint.
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