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Building electricity supplies in Africa for growth and universal access [1]

Although Africa has enormous energy resources, more than half of the continent’s population do not have any access to electricity and generation is often unable to meet the demand of those who do. Growth and poverty reduction will be constrained if this deficit continues. The purpose of this paper is to outline the nature of the opportunities and challenges for expanding the supply of electricity to meet development objectives, taking into account recent reductions in the costs of renewable energy.

Publication Date: 
28/10/2015
Andrew Scott [2]
New Climate Economy [3]
Tags:
Electricity [4], Renewable Energy [5], Africa [6], Energy [7], Energy Efficiency [8], Rural Electrification [9], Off-Grid [10], Household Energy [11], GDP [12]
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National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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