Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) is seeking to attract more investors into Kenya’s renewable energy sector as the country looks to turn its clean electricity resources into wider industrial growth. The company is positioning geothermal power and its Green Energy Park as part of an investment proposition that goes beyond electricity generation to include manufacturing, job creation and industrial development. The strategy will feature at the Sustainable Energy Conference 2026, scheduled for November 24–27 at Olkaria in Naivasha, where investors, financiers and energy-sector stakeholders are expected to discuss opportunities for financing and developing sustainable energy projects.
The approach reflects Kenya’s position as a major geothermal energy producer, with resources concentrated in the Rift Valley. Geothermal generation can provide dependable electricity regardless of changing weather conditions, making it relevant for industries that require consistent power supplies. For manufacturers, reliable electricity can influence operating costs, production schedules and investment decisions. KenGen’s investment pitch is therefore built around using the country’s renewable energy resources to support businesses that need power to operate and expand, rather than viewing electricity generation as an end in itself.
KenGen’s Green Energy Park at Olkaria provides a practical example of this ambition. The park has attracted five investors, including a fish-feed manufacturer planning to use 3 MW of green energy. The initiative is intended to bring industrial activity closer to geothermal resources and create opportunities for businesses to operate using renewable electricity. If the model attracts additional manufacturers, it could help connect energy infrastructure with value-added production, although the wider impact will depend on the number of projects that become operational, the jobs created and the products manufactured.
Attracting investors will require more than access to renewable electricity. Businesses also consider land, water, transport links, workforce skills, access to markets, financing costs and the regulatory environment. Industrial parks need supporting infrastructure and clear arrangements for electricity supply, while investors must be confident that projects can operate competitively over the long term. KenGen’s challenge will be to demonstrate that the Green Energy Park offers a viable business environment, not simply a source of clean power. The conference provides a platform to present these opportunities and connect prospective investors with project developers and financiers.
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Kenya’s wider ambition is to use its renewable energy resources to support industrialisation while maintaining a lower-carbon electricity system. KenGen’s strategy places geothermal power within that economic agenda, linking generation with manufacturing and investment. The measure of success will not be the number of investors attending a conference, but the projects that proceed to construction and operation, the employment they create and the value they add to the Kenyan economy. Converting renewable electricity into productive industrial capacity could broaden the benefits of the country’s energy resources beyond the power sector itself.
