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The Economics of Renewable Energy Expansion in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa / Murray, Siobhan
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Murray, Siobhan
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Access to electricity.
- Carbon emissions.
- Carbon Policy and Trading.
- Carbon taxes.
- Cleaner.
- Cleaner energy.
- Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases.
- Energy.
- Energy consumption.
- Energy Production and Transportation.
- Energy sources.
- Environment.
- Fossil.
- Fossil fuels.
- Fuel.
- Global greenhouse gas.
- Global greenhouse gas emissions.
- Options.
- Power.
- Power & Energy Conversion.
- Power generation.
- Renewable energy.
- Renewable energy generation.
- Renewable energy potential.
- Rural energy.
- Transport.
- Transport Economics Policy & Planning.
- Wind.
- Local Subjects:
- Access to electricity.
- Carbon emissions.
- Carbon Policy and Trading.
- Carbon taxes.
- Cleaner.
- Cleaner energy.
- Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases.
- Energy.
- Energy consumption.
- Energy Production and Transportation.
- Energy sources.
- Environment.
- Fossil.
- Fossil fuels.
- Fuel.
- Global greenhouse gas.
- Global greenhouse gas emissions.
- Options.
- Power.
- Power & Energy Conversion.
- Power generation.
- Renewable energy.
- Renewable energy generation.
- Renewable energy potential.
- Rural energy.
- Transport.
- Transport Economics Policy & Planning.
- Wind.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (69 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2010
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Accelerating development in Sub-Saharan Africa will require massive expansion of access to electricity - currently reaching only about one-third of households. This paper explores how essential economic development might be reconciled with the need to keep carbon emissions in check. The authors develop a geographically explicit framework and use spatial modeling and cost estimates from recent engineering studies to determine where stand-alone renewable energy generation is a cost effective alternative to centralized grid supply. The results suggest that decentralized renewable energy will likely play an important role in expanding rural energy access. But it will be the lowest cost option for a minority of households in Africa, even when likely cost reductions over the next 20 years are considered. Decentralized renewables are competitive mostly in remote and rural areas, while grid connected supply dominates denser areas where the majority of households reside. These findings underscore the need to de-carbonize the fuel mix for centralized power generation as it expands in Africa.
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