Kenya

• CLASP brought electric cooking to nine schools in seven counties in Kenya, helping feed over 12,000 students and advancing clean cooking in institutional settings.
• CLASP partnered with the Kenyan government to revise energy efficiency policies for cooling appliances, increasing efficiency by 11% and phasing out high ozone-depleting (R-22) refrigerants in the import market.
• CLASP ran a campaign to increase awareness of the benefits of solar water pumps in agricultural productivity in Kenya, reaching over 3,000,000 people.

Kenya has expanded access to electricity to 79% of its population¹ through sustained investment in its national grid. Although the country generates nearly 90% of its electricity from renewables,² it’s still one of Africa’s most expensive energy markets, making affordability a major challenge.

Energy-efficient appliances reduce electricity demand, while also lowering running costs for homes and businesses.

This frees up resources for other essential needs. For a country investing in climate-smart growth, efficient appliances are essential to building a low-carbon, inclusive energy future.

CLASP partners with Kenyan innovators and policymakers to advance energy efficient appliances and policies that deliver the far-reaching benefits for people, prosperity, and the planet.

CLASP supports programs and advocates for policies in Kenya that bring energy-efficient appliances, clean cooking technologies, and standalone solar systems to communities—including those in off-grid and underserved areas. Explore our programs and initiatives in the country:

• The Energy Access Institutions Facility (EAIF): The Energy Access Institutions Facility is a joint donor initiative to support and strengthen the institutions that are essential for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 7, universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy by 2030.
• Global LEAP Awards: The Global LEAP Awards is an international competition to identify and promote the world’s best off-grid appliances, accelerating market development and innovation.
• Productive Use Financing Facility: PUFF makes appliances more affordable to consumers and businesses in emerging markets in Africa. The facility  improves lives, creates jobs, and drives economic growth by expanding access to solar water pumps, solar mills, and solar refrigerators.
• VeraSol: VeraSol is the leading independent quality assurance program for distributed solar solutions, appliances, and equipment. It strives to make safe, affordable, and durable products the default option in the market.
• Medical appliances for clinic electrification: CLASP is studying the efficiency and performance of medical appliances in off and weak-grid clinics in Kisumu, Kenya to assess the suitability of conventional medical devices and appliances in energy-constrained settings.
• Institutional electric cooking: CLASP is increasing access to clean cooking solutions in schools across Kenya by testing how electric cooking can replace biomass fuels in school kitchens and other institutions in Kenya.