African nations planning 1250 new coal and gas power plants, study reveals
Date: 03/04/21
GWPF & Power Engineering International
Of Africa’s 2500 planned power-generation projects, half are coal and gas power plants, Oxford University study reveals
Africa’s current and predicted 2030 electricity capacity mix by fuel type. “Fossil fuels will continue to dominate generation capacity, accounting for 62% of the total and half of all newly commissioned capacity.†Source: Alova et al. 2020
A new study into Africa’s energy generation landscape uses a state-of-the-art machine-learning technique to analyse the pipeline of more than 2,500 planned power plants and their chances of successful commission.
The study shows the share of non-hydro renewables in African electricity generation is likely to remain below 10% in 2030, although this varies by region.
The research, published in Nature Energy, from the University of Oxford predicts that total electricity generation across the African continent will double by 2030, with fossil fuels continuing to dominate the energy mix – posing potential risk to global climate change commitments.
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