As of 2023, Kenya registered an installed capacity to generate 614 megawatts of electricity from thermal energy. The amount decreased from 682 megawatts in the previous year. During the period in review, installed capacity from thermal sources fluctuated, peaking at 808 megawatts in 2018.
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Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. (May 20, 2024). Installed capacity of electricity generation from thermal energy in Kenya from 2017 to 2023 (in megawatts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1240937/thermal-power-electricity-installed-capacity-in-kenya/
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. "Installed capacity of electricity generation from thermal energy in Kenya from 2017 to 2023 (in megawatts)." Chart. May 20, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1240937/thermal-power-electricity-installed-capacity-in-kenya/
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. (2024). Installed capacity of electricity generation from thermal energy in Kenya from 2017 to 2023 (in megawatts). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1240937/thermal-power-electricity-installed-capacity-in-kenya/
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. "Installed Capacity of Electricity Generation from Thermal Energy in Kenya from 2017 to 2023 (in Megawatts)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1240937/thermal-power-electricity-installed-capacity-in-kenya/
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, Installed capacity of electricity generation from thermal energy in Kenya from 2017 to 2023 (in megawatts) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1240937/thermal-power-electricity-installed-capacity-in-kenya/ (last visited June 06, 2025)
Installed capacity of electricity generation from thermal energy in Kenya from 2017 to 2023 (in megawatts) [Graph], Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, May 20, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1240937/thermal-power-electricity-installed-capacity-in-kenya/