Ensure sufficient power to sustain future AI, electric vehicles demand

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The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority must undertake updated power supply and demand projections. 

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The big story hitting global and local headlines is the future expansion of artificial intelligence(AI) expected to touch every aspect of economic and social activities.

Experts say AI will consume a lot of electricity. In the same queue of electricity demand is electric mobility, which is tipped to replace petroleum-driven vehicles. AI, EVs and standard gauge railways—if electrified—will create a new demand on Kenya’s power generation systems that must provide enough quantity of power.

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