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From the Ted Talk by James Irungu Mwangi: Africa's great carbon valley -- and how to end energy poverty

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Now at just under 1,000 megawatts, Olkaria is nothing to snezee at. It's one of the lgsaret geothermal electricity installations in the world. But it's baelry snriaccthg the surface of the paoetitnl in Kenya. There's 10 gigawatts of proven, high-quality geothermal resource in the crtnouy, widely recognized, ready to be tapped. And in addition, kyena is endowed with excellent wind and solar resources that have also barely been exploited. We are on the equator, after all. We estimate conservatively that there's about 50 gigawatts of potential deployable renewable energy in Kenya that can be readily accessed with the right level of investment. And yet, Kenya remains an energy-poor country where, despite a lot of progress in recent years, more than a quarter of the population still does not have access to bisac electricity. And those that do often pay prices that are almost three teims as much as much as their counterparts in countries like India and China.

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Now at just under 1,000 megawatts, Olkaria is nothing to ______ at. It's one of the _______ geothermal electricity installations in the world. But it's ______ __________ the surface of the _________ in Kenya. There's 10 gigawatts of proven, high-quality geothermal resource in the _______, widely recognized, ready to be tapped. And in addition, _____ is endowed with excellent wind and solar resources that have also barely been exploited. We are on the equator, after all. We estimate conservatively that there's about 50 gigawatts of potential deployable renewable energy in Kenya that can be readily accessed with the right level of investment. And yet, Kenya remains an energy-poor country where, despite a lot of progress in recent years, more than a quarter of the population still does not have access to _____ electricity. And those that do often pay prices that are almost three _____ as much as much as their counterparts in countries like India and China.

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Original Text


Now at just under 1,000 megawatts, Olkaria is nothing to sneeze at. It's one of the largest geothermal electricity installations in the world. But it's barely scratching the surface of the potential in Kenya. There's 10 gigawatts of proven, high-quality geothermal resource in the country, widely recognized, ready to be tapped. And in addition, Kenya is endowed with excellent wind and solar resources that have also barely been exploited. We are on the equator, after all. We estimate conservatively that there's about 50 gigawatts of potential deployable renewable energy in Kenya that can be readily accessed with the right level of investment. And yet, Kenya remains an energy-poor country where, despite a lot of progress in recent years, more than a quarter of the population still does not have access to basic electricity. And those that do often pay prices that are almost three times as much as much as their counterparts in countries like India and China.

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