Energy Efficiency in Developing Countries by Tavares da Silva Suzana;Dias Gabriela Prata;

Author:Tavares da Silva, Suzana;Dias, Gabriela Prata;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2020-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

International comparisons

In order to understand the current situation in Kenya based on the progress made so far in the field of energy efficiency and sustainable energy, it is useful to compare the country’s performance to other countries across certain internationally recognised indicators.

The most common indicator used as a proxy for tracking energy efficiency improvement at the national level is primary energy intensity of GDP5 and its annual compound rate of change. This indicator (despite its well-known drawbacks6) was adopted by SEforALL and World Bank in the Global Tracking Framework,7 which was established in order to analyse the progress being made by countries in achieving SEforALL objectives on energy efficiency, as well as energy access and renewable energy.

Figure 10.2 presents primary energy intensity for Kenya and selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The data show that energy intensity of the Kenyan economy was quite flat between 1990 and 2015, which can be explained by both the absence of significant structural changes in the country’s economy, as well as the lack of impacts on primary energy use driven by energy efficiency improvements. In 2015, Kenya had energy intensity of 7.85 MJ/US$2,011, which is significantly higher than the global average of 5.27, however, lower than some of the countries in the region, such as Uganda (9.64), South Africa (8.70) and Tanzania (8.34).

In order to have a deeper understanding of the country’s performance in the area of energy efficiency, a set of data collected by the World Bank under the study ‘Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy’ (RISE), has been analysed for Kenya and other selected countries, based on multi-criteria scoring system.8

As Table 10.1 shows, Kenya scored highly on electricity access (76 out of 100), which is in line with the national intensive policy implementation on improving the electrification rate. Within just two years between 2016 and 2018, the share of population with electricity access increased from 56 per cent to 73 per cent, and continues to grow driven by the actions to achieve the target of providing universal access to electricity by 2022.

Figure 10.2 Primary energy intensity in selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa for 1990–2015.

Table 10.1 RISE results for Kenya (score out of 100)

Overall score 61

Electricity access Energy efficiency Renewable energy

76 50 56

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