About Us
Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) is the leading electric power generating company in East Africa. KenGen was incorporated in 1954 under the Kenyan Companies Act as Kenya Power Company (KPC) with the mandate to generate electricity through developing, managing, and operating power plants. The shareholders of the Company later contracted East Africa Power & Lighting Company (EAP&L) to manage KPC. In 1983, EAP&L changed to Kenya Power & Lighting Company.
In 1996, the Government of Kenya started restructuring the energy sector to ensure the efficient use of resources earmarked for the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. Two years later, in January 1998, the management of KPC was separated from KPLC and renamed KenGen.
In 2006, the Government sold 30% of its stake in the company following a successful Initial Public Offer. Subsequently, KenGen was listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). Over the years, the company has continued to increase shareholder value through profitability and maintaining a sustainable growth path. In line with the organisation’s strategic objectives, shareholders were given an opportunity to exercise their rights in a successful rights issue in 2016.
Since its inception in 1954, the company has made considerable inroads in Kenya’s energy sector. With a market share of around 60% and an installed capacity of 1,725MW, KenGen is the largest energy producer in East Africa. The company’s installed generation capacity mix includes Hydro 826 MW (47.9%), Geothermal 754 MW (43.7%), Thermal 120 MW (7%), and Wind 25.5 (0.71%).
In Africa, KenGen is currently working with Ethiopia Electric Power (EEP) in Ethiopia, Tulu Moye Geothermal Operations (TMGO) and L'office Djiboutien de développement de l'energie geothermique (ODDEG) in Djibouti. The company is also undertaking geoscientific assessments in several African countries to determine geothermal resource availability.
KenGen’s strategy is to deliver affordable clean energy by creating value for shareholders while expanding energy sources and revenue streams.
In Kenya, KenGen has its tentacles spread across six operational areas - Olkaria and Eburru, Western, Kipevu, Seven Forks, Upper Tana, and Ngong. At the Geothermal area along the Rift Valley, the company has power plants and wellheads running as baseload energy sources in Olkaria and Eburru.
In the Western region, with an installed capacity of 249.4 MW, KenGen manages four hydro stations Turkwel, Sondu Miriu, Sang’oro, and Gogo and a thermal power plant. The company’s Gas Turbine has been relocated to Muhoroni to enhance grid stability in the region.
In Kipevu, located in Mombasa County, two thermal plants contribute an installed capacity of 120 MW."
The Eastern Region features five power plants along the Tana River, Masinga, Kamburu, Gitaru, Kindaruma, and Kiambere with a combined installed capacity of 600.4 MW. In the Upper Tana area, four additional power plants Mesco, Wanjii, Sagana, and Tana contribute an installed capacity of 35.03 MW.
KenGen's Ngong wind farm, with an installed capacity of 25.5 MW, is located in the Central Office region.
Sustainability
KenGen PLC was the first Kenyan Company to earn Carbon Asset funds under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
- Commissioned the first and biggest Geothermal Spa in Africa.
- Institutionalized innovation through the Company’s Annual G2G Innovation Seminar.
- Implemented a remarkable Community Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) for 1,181 project affected persons in Olkaria Geothermal Consultancy works and commercial geothermal drilling contracts.
- ISO QMS 9001:2015 and EMS.
Tulu Moye Geothermal Operations (TMGO)