A review of renewable energy development in Africa: A focus in South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria

AK Aliyu, B Modu, CW Tan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite its vast natural resources, African is facing serious challenges in sustainable
development in an energy sector, if addressed with dispatch could not only check its …

Towards the achievement of SDG 7 in sub-Saharan Africa: Creating synergies between Power Africa, Sustainable Energy for All and climate finance in-order to …

D Chirambo - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Improved access to energy in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the potential to alleviate
poverty, promote industrialisation, facilitate gender equality and reduce the region's …

A bird's eye view of Ghana's renewable energy sector environment: a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making approach

EB Agyekum, F Amjad, M Mohsin, MNS Ansah - Utilities Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examines Ghana's renewable energy (RE) sector environment using PESTLE
analysis (Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, and Environmental). The …

Effects of income inequality and governance on energy poverty alleviation: Implications for sustainable development policy

AO Acheampong, M Shahbaz, J Dzator, Z Jiao - Utilities Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper examines the effects of income inequality and governance on access to
electricity using a panel of 43 SSA countries from 1990 to 2017. The results from the two …

Is clean energy prosperity and technological innovation rapidly mitigating sustainable energy-development deficit in selected sub-Saharan Africa? A myth or reality

AA Alola, I Ozturk, FV Bekun - Energy Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs) such as access to
clean energy (SDG-7), responsible energy consumption (SDG-12) and sustainable …

Determinants of renewable energy growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from panel ARDL

PP da Silva, PA Cerqueira, W Ogbe - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Given the importance of renewable energy in the discussion of a reliable and sustainable
energy future, it is imperative to understand its main determinants and to draw result …

[HTML][HTML] Africa energy future: Alternative scenarios and their implications for sustainable development strategies

NS Ouedraogo - Energy Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
The long-term forecasting of energy supply and demand is of prime importance in Africa due
to the steady increase in energy requirements, the non-availability of sufficient resources …

[PDF][PDF] How additional is the clean development mechanism

M Cames, RO Harthan, J Füssler… - Analysis of the …, 2016 - researchgate.net
With almost 7,700 Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects and almost 300
programmes of activities (PoAs) registered and more than 1.6 billion Certified Emissions …

[HTML][HTML] Mini-grid based off-grid electrification to enhance electricity access in develo** countries: What policies may be required?

SC Bhattacharyya, D Palit - Energy Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
With 1.2 billion people still lacking electricity access by 2013, electricity access remains a
major global challenge. Although mini-grid based electrification has received attention in …

Investigation on pump as turbine (PAT) technical aspects for micro hydropower schemes: A state-of-the-art review

M Binama, WT Su, XB Li, FC Li, XZ Wei, S An - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2017 - Elsevier
Energy is unarguably the key factor for today's economic and social development within
nations. Electricity as one of many energy forms is a critical input to develo** countries in …