This IEA report focusing on Mauritania explores the potential benefits to Mauritania of developing its renewable energy options and includes an analysis of the water requirements of hydrogen and the potential for expanding potable water availability through seawater desalination.
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USAID Power Africa and Open Capital helped 30 companies across 17 African countries to develop robust finance functions. Lasting three to six months, this tailored assistance aided the companies to evaluate, plan, and analyze their finances; manage their risks; become more investment ready; and handle transactions. Power Africa and Open Capital also helped the companies gain access to capital and enhance the skills of their finance teams.
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The newly launched Energy Policy for Uganda 2023 will serve as a crucial tool and major contribution to the country’s ambitious agenda. Uganda already has in place much of the technical expertise, government institutions and policy frameworks to reach its energy goals. It has also made significant progress over the past two decades in providing access to electricity and expanding generation capacity, and further ambition is encouraged to achieve universal energy access by 2050.
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The report provides a unique insight into the potential for increased integration into the supply chains in Africa by bringing together knowledge on how Africa can strengthen supply chain diversification in high-knowledge- and technology-intensive sectors. In recent years, global supply chains have come under immense pressure as a result of unprecedented trade turbulence, economic uncertainty, geopolitical events and natural disasters.
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The IEA is deploying a capacity reinforcement programme for African energy experts and professionals. To maximise the value and long-term payoff of training sessions organized under the programme, the IEA is proposing to a community of African experts regular webinars to share analyses on energy. The latest one by IEA Africa University was on “Electricity and gas markets in Africa”
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EV adoption is still at a very early stage for most countries in Eurasia, although several countries are scaling up EV sales of passenger vehicles. Ukraine and Jordan have higher EV market shares for passenger cars than other emerging economies, at 1.5% and 1.1%, respectively, as of 2020. Early signs of EV uptake are apparent in Lebanon, Nepal, Turkey, Serbia, and Belarus, with market shares between 0.1% and 0.3%.
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This report has been published by the Florence School of Regulation for the Africa-EU Energy Partnership as an introductory background paper to initiate discussions on transcontinental green hydrogen opportunities between Africa and Europe.
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The report presents the results of a study which unpacks some of the major political, institutional, regulatory and social barriers to renewable energy deployment in South Africa. It also provides some insight into proposed means of addressing these barriers to facilitate accelerated industrialisation in the renewable energy sector.
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