Kenya’s south and central rift geothermal fields lie in regions where access to electricity is limited and scattered and confined to major towns along the national grid.
In contrast, the north rift region has not benefited from such increased access to electricity and has remained off the main grid, since it was not economically feasible to extend the grid through hilly terrain to sparsely populated areas. As a result, there is a huge contrast in development and welfare gains between regions with and without electricity.