Kenya : Rural Electrification Access Expansion Study

The Government of Kenya adopted in 2004 an Economic Recovery Strategy for Wealth and Employment Creation (ERSWEC), which recognizes three main pillars for economy recovery namely: (i) strengthening economic growth; (ii) enhancing equity and reducin...

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Main Author: de Gouvello, Christophe
Format: Energy Study
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
GAS
OIL
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/16436096/kenya-rural-electrification-access-expansion-study
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12762
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spelling okr-10986-127622021-04-23T14:03:04Z Kenya : Rural Electrification Access Expansion Study de Gouvello, Christophe ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ARID AREAS ARID LANDS ARTISANS AVAILABILITY BALANCE BATTERIES BATTERY CHARGING BOILERS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS PLAN BUSINESSES CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CASH FLOW CELL PHONE CELL PHONES CENTRAL REGION CHARCOAL CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMPS CONNECTED HOUSEHOLDS CONSUMER OF ENERGY CONVENTIONAL ENERGY COOLING DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY DIESEL DIESEL GENERATORS DISTRIBUTION GRID DOMAIN DRILLING DROUGHT ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY DEMAND ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRICITY TARIFFS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CREATION ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE ENERGY NEEDS ENERGY POLICY ENERGY REQUIREMENTS ENERGY SOURCE ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SUPPLY EQUIPMENT FARMERS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL RESOURCES FIREWOOD FOOD PROCESSING FUEL PRICES GAS GENERATION GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS GOVERNMENT POLICY GRID CONNECTION GRID CONNECTIONS GRID EXTENSION HARVEST PROCESSING HEAT HEATING HOUSING HUMAN RESOURCES ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS INCOME INFORMATION COMMUNICATION INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES IRRIGATION KEROSENE LICENSE LICENSES MAINTENANCE COSTS MANUFACTURING MARKET ACCESS MARKETING MILK OIL PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURES PIPELINE POLICY FORMULATION POLICY FRAMEWORK POOR POST HARVEST POWER POWER DISTRIBUTION POWER GENERATION POWER SECTOR PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENT PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC UTILITY PUMPS REDUCTION OF POVERTY REFRIGERATION REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY SYSTEM RELIABILITY RELIABLE ACCESS REMOTE AREAS RESULT RESULTS RETAIL ELECTRICITY RURAL RURAL ACCESS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POPULATION RURAL SCHOOLS SAFETY SAFETY STANDARDS SAVINGS SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVIDERS SITES SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOLAR ELECTRIFICATION SOLAR POWER SOLAR SYSTEMS SOURCE OF ENERGY STREAMLINING STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUB-REGION SUB-REGIONS SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY TARGETS TARIFF STRUCTURE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SKILLS TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE TELEPHONE NETWORK TRANSMISSION USER USERS USES WIND WOOD FUEL WOOD WASTES The Government of Kenya adopted in 2004 an Economic Recovery Strategy for Wealth and Employment Creation (ERSWEC), which recognizes three main pillars for economy recovery namely: (i) strengthening economic growth; (ii) enhancing equity and reducing poverty; and (iii) improving governance. The ERSWEC reiterates that the achievement of the three pillars is dependent on adequate and reliable access to least-cost energy. Since agriculture continues to be the mainstay of Kenya's economy, ensuring adequate access to electricity in rural areas is an important component to achieving the objectives of the ERSWEC. This is confirmed by investigations made by this study regarding specific energy needs for the different sectors of productive and social activities in the rural areas, for agriculture, livestock, fishery, tea and coffee cooperatives, telecommunications, water pumping and health and education services.The Government of Kenya has adopted a National Energy formulated in the Sessional Paper No 4 of 2004 consistent with the ERSWEC, which set double target of a 20% access rate to electricity in rural areas and 40% in 2020. 2013-03-15T13:50:54Z 2013-03-15T13:50:54Z 2006-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/16436096/kenya-rural-electrification-access-expansion-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12762 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Energy Study Economic & Sector Work Africa Kenya
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topic ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
ARID AREAS
ARID LANDS
ARTISANS
AVAILABILITY
BALANCE
BATTERIES
BATTERY CHARGING
BOILERS
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
BUSINESS PLAN
BUSINESSES
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
CASH FLOW
CELL PHONE
CELL PHONES
CENTRAL REGION
CHARCOAL
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMPS
CONNECTED HOUSEHOLDS
CONSUMER OF ENERGY
CONVENTIONAL ENERGY
COOLING
DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY
DIESEL
DIESEL GENERATORS
DISTRIBUTION GRID
DOMAIN
DRILLING
DROUGHT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
ELECTRICITY DEMAND
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
ELECTRICITY TARIFFS
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT CREATION
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
ENERGY NEEDS
ENERGY POLICY
ENERGY REQUIREMENTS
ENERGY SOURCE
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY SUPPLY
EQUIPMENT
FARMERS
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FIREWOOD
FOOD PROCESSING
FUEL PRICES
GAS
GENERATION
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
GOVERNMENT POLICY
GRID CONNECTION
GRID CONNECTIONS
GRID EXTENSION
HARVEST PROCESSING
HEAT
HEATING
HOUSING
HUMAN RESOURCES
ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS
INCOME
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
IRRIGATION
KEROSENE
LICENSE
LICENSES
MAINTENANCE COSTS
MANUFACTURING
MARKET ACCESS
MARKETING
MILK
OIL
PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURES
PIPELINE
POLICY FORMULATION
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POOR
POST HARVEST
POWER
POWER DISTRIBUTION
POWER GENERATION
POWER SECTOR
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
PROCUREMENT
PROCUREMENT PROCESS
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC UTILITY
PUMPS
REDUCTION OF POVERTY
REFRIGERATION
REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REGULATORY SYSTEM
RELIABILITY
RELIABLE ACCESS
REMOTE AREAS
RESULT
RESULTS
RETAIL ELECTRICITY
RURAL
RURAL ACCESS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL SCHOOLS
SAFETY
SAFETY STANDARDS
SAVINGS
SERVICE PROVIDER
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SITES
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SERVICES
SOLAR ELECTRIFICATION
SOLAR POWER
SOLAR SYSTEMS
SOURCE OF ENERGY
STREAMLINING
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
SUB-REGION
SUB-REGIONS
SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY
TARGETS
TARIFF STRUCTURE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TECHNICAL SKILLS
TELECOM
TELECOMMUNICATION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELEPHONE
TELEPHONE NETWORK
TRANSMISSION
USER
USERS
USES
WIND
WOOD FUEL
WOOD WASTES
spellingShingle ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
ARID AREAS
ARID LANDS
ARTISANS
AVAILABILITY
BALANCE
BATTERIES
BATTERY CHARGING
BOILERS
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
BUSINESS PLAN
BUSINESSES
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
CASH FLOW
CELL PHONE
CELL PHONES
CENTRAL REGION
CHARCOAL
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMPS
CONNECTED HOUSEHOLDS
CONSUMER OF ENERGY
CONVENTIONAL ENERGY
COOLING
DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY
DIESEL
DIESEL GENERATORS
DISTRIBUTION GRID
DOMAIN
DRILLING
DROUGHT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
ELECTRICITY DEMAND
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
ELECTRICITY TARIFFS
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT CREATION
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
ENERGY NEEDS
ENERGY POLICY
ENERGY REQUIREMENTS
ENERGY SOURCE
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY SUPPLY
EQUIPMENT
FARMERS
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FIREWOOD
FOOD PROCESSING
FUEL PRICES
GAS
GENERATION
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
GOVERNMENT POLICY
GRID CONNECTION
GRID CONNECTIONS
GRID EXTENSION
HARVEST PROCESSING
HEAT
HEATING
HOUSING
HUMAN RESOURCES
ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS
INCOME
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
IRRIGATION
KEROSENE
LICENSE
LICENSES
MAINTENANCE COSTS
MANUFACTURING
MARKET ACCESS
MARKETING
MILK
OIL
PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURES
PIPELINE
POLICY FORMULATION
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POOR
POST HARVEST
POWER
POWER DISTRIBUTION
POWER GENERATION
POWER SECTOR
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
PROCUREMENT
PROCUREMENT PROCESS
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC UTILITY
PUMPS
REDUCTION OF POVERTY
REFRIGERATION
REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REGULATORY SYSTEM
RELIABILITY
RELIABLE ACCESS
REMOTE AREAS
RESULT
RESULTS
RETAIL ELECTRICITY
RURAL
RURAL ACCESS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL SCHOOLS
SAFETY
SAFETY STANDARDS
SAVINGS
SERVICE PROVIDER
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SITES
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SERVICES
SOLAR ELECTRIFICATION
SOLAR POWER
SOLAR SYSTEMS
SOURCE OF ENERGY
STREAMLINING
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
SUB-REGION
SUB-REGIONS
SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY
TARGETS
TARIFF STRUCTURE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TECHNICAL SKILLS
TELECOM
TELECOMMUNICATION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELEPHONE
TELEPHONE NETWORK
TRANSMISSION
USER
USERS
USES
WIND
WOOD FUEL
WOOD WASTES
de Gouvello, Christophe
Kenya : Rural Electrification Access Expansion Study
geographic_facet Africa
Kenya
description The Government of Kenya adopted in 2004 an Economic Recovery Strategy for Wealth and Employment Creation (ERSWEC), which recognizes three main pillars for economy recovery namely: (i) strengthening economic growth; (ii) enhancing equity and reducing poverty; and (iii) improving governance. The ERSWEC reiterates that the achievement of the three pillars is dependent on adequate and reliable access to least-cost energy. Since agriculture continues to be the mainstay of Kenya's economy, ensuring adequate access to electricity in rural areas is an important component to achieving the objectives of the ERSWEC. This is confirmed by investigations made by this study regarding specific energy needs for the different sectors of productive and social activities in the rural areas, for agriculture, livestock, fishery, tea and coffee cooperatives, telecommunications, water pumping and health and education services.The Government of Kenya has adopted a National Energy formulated in the Sessional Paper No 4 of 2004 consistent with the ERSWEC, which set double target of a 20% access rate to electricity in rural areas and 40% in 2020.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Energy Study
author de Gouvello, Christophe
author_facet de Gouvello, Christophe
author_sort de Gouvello, Christophe
title Kenya : Rural Electrification Access Expansion Study
title_short Kenya : Rural Electrification Access Expansion Study
title_full Kenya : Rural Electrification Access Expansion Study
title_fullStr Kenya : Rural Electrification Access Expansion Study
title_full_unstemmed Kenya : Rural Electrification Access Expansion Study
title_sort kenya : rural electrification access expansion study
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/16436096/kenya-rural-electrification-access-expansion-study
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12762
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