Path Forward

Learn more about our goals towards sustainably powering Kenya and Somalia.

Powering Kenya

Beled Energy aims develop renewable energy projects to improve the rural electrification challenges in Kenya by providing electricity services to underserved and remote counties.

There are 14 identified Kenyan counties defined as marginalized in terms of access to electricity by the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA). These counties currently have a 23 percent rate of connectivity to electricity, compared to the national average of 70%.

Turkana

Electricity Access: 7.8%

West Pokot

Electricity Access: 11.5%

Isiolo

Electricity Access: 37.7%

Marsabit

Electricity Access: 20%

Samburu

Electricity Access: 14.8%

Mandera

Electricity Access: 15.2%

Wajir

Electricity Access: 13.9%

Garissa

Electricity Access: 22.4%

Lamu

Electricity Access: 43.6%

Tana River

Electricity Access: 25.4%

Kilifi

Electricity Access: 35.9%

Kwale

Electricity Access: 28.9%

Narok

Electricity Access: 18.5%

Taita Taveta

Electricity Access: 47.3%

Sustainably powering Somalia

Our goal is to empower Somalia in the efforts of reducing CO2 emissions by 2025 and aid in achieving net zero by 2050. Below is the current factsheet on Somalia’s energy production and consumption.

Somalia has been identified as the least electrified countries in the world with only 36% of the urban population and 11% in rural areas having access electricity.

Generation Capacity (2022)

Total installed capacity

20MW

Diesel

3MW

Solar

6MW

Wind/Solar

Potential

30,000 - 45,000 MW

(Onshore Wind power)

2,000 kWh/m2

Solar
Energy source
Total in Somalia
Percentage in Somalia
Per capita in Somalia
Fossil fuels
692.48 m kWh
93%
43.57 kWh
Nuclear power
0.00 kWh
0%
0.00 kWh
Water power
0.00 kWh
0%
0.00 kWh
Renewable energy
52.12 m kWh
7%
3.28 kWh
Total production
744.60 m kWh
100%
46.85 kWh
Actual Total production
339. 00 m kWh
45.5%
21.33 kWh

Cost of electricity is one of the highest in the world at $0.80-1.20/kwh