Meru South District - UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative

Charcoal 2,271 households were using charcoal and this was
mainly in the main town within the district.
9.2 Trends in Energy, Production, Consumption, Costs and
Projections
There are only two small scale hydro-power Generating plants in the district. One is
located in Chogoria location along the Maara River while the other is located along
Tungu River near Kaanwa market in Chuka division.
Table 29: Energy Consumption
No. Source of
energy hydro-
power
Point of
production
1. Hydro-power Negligible
amount
produced in
the district
2. Fuel wood Mainly
lower parts
of the
district
Point of
consumption
Main market
centres, coffee
and tea
factories
62
Per capita
consumption
Environmental impacts
N/A Has little impact on the
environment except when
constructing Hydro-power
dams andwhen cutting down
trees to pave way for
constructions
Of transmission lines.
District wide N/A Tree cutting/felling which
results in reduced tree cover
with increase land
degradation.
3. Solar - District wide N/A Has no negative
environmental impact.
4. Gas Outside the District wide N/A Has little negative
district
environmental impact.
5. Paraffin Outside the District wide N/A Emission of smoke during its
district
use, which contains CO,
hydrocarbons, CO2, VOCs,
and particulates
Fig. 10: Stacks of fuel wood at Weru tea Factory