Demand Starter Data Kit: selected socio-economic and technical demand modelling data for Kirinyaga County, Kenya.

A socio-economic and technical demand modelling starter data kit for Kirinyaga County, Kenya. This starter data kit extracts data from websites, annual reports and databases of international and national organisations alongside existing modelling databases and academic articles. Open and accessible data sources were used. The selected data includes data on population (total, urban, rural, growth), GCP (total, agriculture, construction, mining, manufacturing, services, energy, growth), county and national energy balances, energy intensities and electrification rates. This ‘starter kit’ of data aims to act as a starting point for teaching, capacity building efforts, and for further data collection, model development and scenario analysis to produce county resolution demand projections. All data sources are linked where possible.