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Renewables on the Rise in Sub Saharan Africa
17th July 2017
With each passing day we see fresh evidence of the growing scale of investment into renewable energy in Sub Saharan Africa.
I am curating some of these stories as they appear and I hope they might be a useful gateway for students and teachers exploring the economic and environmental significance of expanding the stock of renewable energy infrastructure, output and incomes for fast-growing emerging countries on the continent.
According to the United Nations, electricity demand in Africa is projected to triple by 2030, offering huge potential for upscaling renewable energy, investments of (US)$70 billion.
Read:
The race to solar power Africa (New Yorker)
Energy diversity a priority across Africa (African Review)
Check out some of these stories:
#Solar-powered street vending carts are coming to #Africa’s cities. Learn from the entrepreneur behind the project: https://t.co/snux6TgkoJ pic.twitter.com/FCzqxLeGfn
— World Bank Africa (@WorldBankAfrica) July 15, 2017
Clean & limitless. Rwanda's commitment to and massive investment in solar energy now has 5% of country's electricity needs generated by sun. pic.twitter.com/9mBpehUFDz
— James Hall (@hallaboutafrica) July 11, 2017
#DYK: There’s another way to reduce emissions and high costs of electricity. Renewable energy is the future. #waste2wealth pic.twitter.com/9SUFoogJJd
— WWF South Africa (@WWFSouthAfrica) July 15, 2017
South Africa's solar project unveiled in 2016, will supply enough clean #renewableenergy to power more than 49,500 homes pic.twitter.com/TkhTk2qBK2
— We Mean Business Coalition (@WMBtweets) July 13, 2017
Can the African continent every get close to Germany's remarkable performance in the first six months of 2017?
Germany produced record 35 percent of power from renewables in first half of 2017 https://t.co/OQyBWZ82j6
— Mark Johnston (@mark_johnston) July 2, 2017
Read: Germany to boost green energy in Africa - but will it work?
#Map reveals the true size of #Africa. Don't be fooled by map projections into underestimating Africa. Source: https://t.co/HNYJJdVQCK pic.twitter.com/GNvZBkH4NI
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) December 23, 2017
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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