Abstract
Energy is one of the most important resources in the growth of an economy. The generation of power is key to the effectiveness of sustainable energy management. Energy production warrants production hence connected to economic development. Environmental change has an impact on the sustainability of renewable energy. The objective of this study was to analyze the effect of environmental change on sustainable energy in Olkaria Geothermal and Kenya Power Station, Nakuru County, Kenya. The study was informed by two theories namely; Socio-technical Transitions Approach Theory and Co-evolutionary Approach to Transitions. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The target population was 359 employees with a stratified sample design. The sample frame was 108 employees being 30% of the total population. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The preliminary data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and presented in the form of tables. Inferential statistics were employed through Pearson’s Correlation analysis and regression analysis was used to test the study hypothesis at a 5% significance level. The findings indicated that was a statistically significant relationship between environmental change and sustainable energy (r=0.286; p=0.005). Further, the study revealed that environmental change has a statistically significant effect on sustainable energy in Olkaria Geothermal and Kenya Power Station, Nakuru County, Kenya (p<0.05). The study recommends that institutional environmental changes should be examined and their influence on sustainable energy management.
Highlights
Energy management is one of the main key driving factors that help in achieving the economic growth of any country
The results show that there was a positive correlation relationship between environmental change and sustainable energy (r=0.286; p=0.005)
This is because, in the Kenyan energy landscape, there has been a concentration on renewable energy which is highly dependent on climatic variation
Summary
Energy management is one of the main key driving factors that help in achieving the economic growth of any country. A clean atmosphere will be achieved when the present mitigating factors are put in place to ensure that air pollution has been minimized. Carbon dioxide has to be reduced in the atmosphere. Renewable energy sources such as geothermal power assist in the elimination of atmospheric problems leading to access to sustainable energy. Geothermal energy is among the most common renewable energy sources. In countries such as New Zealand, Italy, Mexico, Japan, the USA, Iceland, Philippines and Turkey, geothermal power is widely used (Tubei, 2019). Geothermal energy requires high capital to be able to meet technology that taps thermal energy into electricity generation with minimal environmental impact due to its exploitation
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