Tag: Africa
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Africa’s Gas Non-Investment
January 2025 Africa boasts 800 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of natural gas reserves, attracting $245 billion in planned investments for LNG terminals, gas pipelines, and power stations. However, many of these projects face significant challenges, including inefficiencies, lack of capital, policy gaps, insecurity, and more, putting their realization at risk. Fig. 1 – Gas Investments…
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Africa’s Energy Transition
February, 2022 Africa’s energy generation currently sits at 1.79 Exajoule (EJ), with renewable energy contributing 0.16 EJ. The most developed source of renewable energy is hydropower which is exactly at the global average of 7%. It is, however, unlikely that it will continue this dominance in the next decade as the focus is shifting away…