Kenya drops on list of top hydropower producers

Masinga dam. Installed hydropower capacity remained unchanged at 818MW last year. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya’s failure to develop more hydropower stations has continued its downward slide on Africa’s list of top hydroelectricity producers as Ethiopia shoots to position one for the first time.

Kenya’s installed hydropower capacity remained unchanged at 818 megawatts (MW) last year, ranking at position 12 in Africa from 11 in 2015 and from top 10 the previous years, according to a new report by International Hydropower Association (IHA).

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