IEA flags rising heavy-rainfall risk for Kenya’s power grid
The agency’s new assessment says 95% of Kenya’s electricity grid could face heavier rainfall by mid-century under a global-warming scenario above 3°C.
Event / data period: 2026-09-25
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The International Energy Agency’s National Climate Resilience Assessment for Kenya, published on 25 September, identifies floods and landslides as significant risks to infrastructure and reliable power supply. Flooding during the long-rains season can damage electricity networks and submerge roads used to transport fuel.
Under the IEA’s Above 3°C scenario, 95% of Kenya’s existing grid could face up to a 20% increase in heavy rainfall by mid-century compared with pre-industrial conditions. This is a scenario projection; it does not describe damage that has already occurred or a certain rainfall increase.
Data
Electricity grid rainfall exposure
IEA mid-century grid exposure projection under its Above 3°C scenario.
- Share of existing grid that could face heavier rainfall
- 95 percent
- 2050 · Forecast
Methodology
Scenario share reported in the IEA assessment; it is not an observed outcome.
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Subjects and places
Subject proposals
- Energy and resourceSuggested
- Subject suggested from the title or summary: electricitywww.iea.org ↗
- ElectricitySuggested
- Subject suggested from the title or summary: electricity, power gridwww.iea.org ↗
- Weather phenomenaSuggested
- Subject suggested from the title or summary: heavy-rainfallwww.iea.org ↗
- EnvironmentSuggested
- Preserved editorial category/topic; broad candidate onlywww.iea.org ↗
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- Kenya · Place role: Coverage · Place type: Country or area · Location precision: RegionalEvidence
- Explicit preserved editorial country/region; no city or national centroid inferredwww.iea.org ↗