Review of solar energy development in Kenya: Opportunities and challenges

Elsevier

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Abstract: This review focuses on four major aspects of solar electrification in Kenya: (i) the opportunities available for solar electrification (ii) the main barriers encountered in solar electrification (iii) government policies governing solar energy and (iv)the future panorama of solar energy space. A careful analysis of all of these aspects reveals that there are enormous solar energy market opportunities in Kenya with great potential for investment, poverty eradication, and sustainable economic development that can only be realized if the government fully enforces the existing energy policies, reforms energy subsidies, provides favorable tax holidays and implements net metering mechanism in the country.