Title
Heart of light an assessment of enhanced electricity access in Africa
Author
Dalla Longa, F.
van der Zwaan, B.C.C.
Publication year
2021
Abstract
A large part of the population in many African countries lacks access to electricity, in contrast to the ambition of reaching universal energy access as expressed in the Sustainable Development Goals. Off-grid electricity technologies have been proposed as an important means to solve this challenge. It is uncertain, however, at what rate these technologies can be deployed, to what extent they can help to increase electricity access, and how global climate policy might affect their impact. We propose an approach to address these questions, combining insights from geographic information system analysis (GIS) with integrated assessment modeling (IAM). We find that offgrid renewable energy technologies are essential to substantially increase electricity access in Africa, and – unlike other recent publications – we conclude that targeted investment incentives can lead to near-universal access by 2050, including in countries in the center of the continent.
Subject
Africa
Climate change control
Energy access
GIS analysis
Off-grid electricity
TIAM-ECN
Willingness-to-pay
Electricity access
Global climates
Integrated assessment models
Investment incentives
Renewable energy technologies
Electric power transmission networks
Sustainable Energy
Energy
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2020.110399
TNO identifier
946572
Publisher
Elsevier, Amsterdam
ISSN
1364-0321
Source
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 136 (136)
Document type
article