In February, the Energynautics team visited Kenya as part of a new Leveraged Partnership collaboration between GIZ Kenya and GET.transform. GET.transform supports national and regional partners and institutions in developing and emerging economies in advancing their energy transitions. During the visit, Energynautics, together with GIZ Kenya, met with key energy stakeholders and supported a workforce training on the operation of the power system with a higher share of inverter-based renewable energy generation.

Kenya has already made significant progress in its energy transition. According to the Energy and Petroleum Statistics Report published by EPRA, renewable energy sources accounted for 79.9% of installed generation capacity in 2024, including hydro power, geothermal, wind and solar generation. Wind and solar together made up 14.6% of installed generation capacity, with 435.5 MW from wind, 210.3 MW from utility-scale PV, and 229.2 MW from distributed PV generation. As Kenya’s demand for electricity continues to grow, the country is committed to increasing both distributed and utility-scale renewable generation.

Kenya is also part of the East African Power Pool (EAPP), a regional institution to interconnect the power grids across East Africa, promoting cross-border electricity trade and optimizing energy resources.

In this context, Energynautics and GIZ collaborated with local stakeholders from the energy  and academic sectors to assess capacity building needs for current and future transmission system operators and explore options of integrating power system operations modules in training and academic institutions . The goal is to strengthen collaboration between the power system companies, the energy industry and universities, and to identify ways to enhance these partnerships.