Africa needs context-relevant evidence to shape its clean energy future.

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MULUGETTA, Yacob, SOKONA, Youba, TROTTER, Philipp A, FANKHAUSER, Samuel, OMUKUTI, Jessica, SOMAVILLA CROXATTO, Lucas, STEFFEN, Bjarne, TESFAMICHAEL, Meron, ABRAHAM, Edo, ADAM, Jean-Paul, AGBEMABIESE, Lawrence, AGUTU, Churchill, AKLILU, Mekalia Paulos, ALAO, Olakunle, BATIDZIRAI, Bothwell, BEKELE, Getachew, DAGNACHEW, Anteneh G, DAVIDSON, Ogunlade, DENTON, Fatima, DIEMUODEKE, E Ogheneruona, EGLI, Florian, GEBRESILASSIE, Eshetu Gebrekidan, GEBRESLASSIE, Mulualem, GOUNDIAM, Mamadou, GUJBA, Haruna Kachalla, HAILU, Yohannes, HAWKES, Adam D, HIRMER, Stephanie, HOKA, Helen, HOWELLS, Mark, ISAH, Abdulrasheed, KAMMEN, Daniel, KEMAUSUOR, Francis, KHENNAS, Ismail, KRUGER, Wikus, MALO, Ifeoma, MOFOR, Linus, NAGO, Minette, NOCK, Destenie, OKEREKE, Chukwumerije, OUEDRAOGO, S Nadia, PROBST, Benedict, SCHMIDT, Maria, SCHMIDT, Tobias S, SHENGA, Carlos, SOKONA, Mohamed, STECKEL, Jan Christoph, STERL, Sebastian, TEMBO, Bernard, TOMEI, Julia, TWESIGYE, Peter, WATSON, Jim, WINKLER, Harald and YUSSUFF, Abdulmutalib (2022). Africa needs context-relevant evidence to shape its clean energy future. Nature Energy, 7 (11), 1015-1022. [Article]

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Abstract
Aligning development and climate goals means Africa’s energy systems will be based on clean energy technologies in the long term, but pathways to get there are uncertain and variable across countries. Although current debates about natural gas and renewables in Africa are heated, they largely ignore the substantial context specificity of the starting points, development objectives and uncertainties of each African country’s energy system trajectory. Here we—an interdisciplinary and majority African group of authors—highlight that each country faces a distinct solution space and set of uncertainties for using renewables or fossil fuels to meet its development objectives. For example, Ethiopia is headed for an accelerated green-growth pathway, but Mozambique is at a crossroads of natural gas expansion with implicit large-scale technological, economic, financial and social risks and uncertainties. We provide geopolitical, policy, finance and research recommendations to create firm country-specific evidence to identify adequate energy system pathways for development and to enable their implementation.
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Official URL:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-022-01152-0
Uncontrolled Keywords:
0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering; 0907 Environmental Engineering; 4008 Electrical engineering; 4017 Mechanical engineering
Page Range:
1015-1022

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Identification Number:
10.1038/s41560-022-01152-0
ORCID for Yacob Mulugetta: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3191-8896
ORCID for Youba Sokona: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6981-6401
ORCID for Philipp A Trotter: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0590-4546
ORCID for Samuel Fankhauser: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2100-7888
ORCID for Jessica Omukuti: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3094-8647
ORCID for Lucas Somavilla Croxatto: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3995-0241
ORCID for Bjarne Steffen: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2219-1402
ORCID for Edo Abraham: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0989-5456
ORCID for Churchill Agutu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3511-9960
ORCID for Bothwell Batidzirai: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8570-3287
ORCID for Anteneh G Dagnachew: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6217-9726
ORCID for E Ogheneruona Diemuodeke: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0133-485X
ORCID for Florian Egli: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8617-5175
ORCID for Eshetu Gebrekidan Gebresilassie: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8834-2766
ORCID for Mulualem Gebreslassie: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5509-5866
ORCID for Adam D Hawkes: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9720-332X
ORCID for Helen Hoka: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8697-5471
ORCID for Mark Howells: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6419-4957
ORCID for Abdulrasheed Isah: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1356-5548
ORCID for Daniel Kammen: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2984-7777
ORCID for Francis Kemausuor: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5507-8399
ORCID for Destenie Nock: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1739-7027
ORCID for Benedict Probst: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1149-8938
ORCID for Maria Schmidt: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0098-5420
ORCID for Tobias S Schmidt: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7971-2187
ORCID for Jan Christoph Steckel: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5325-9214
ORCID for Sebastian Sterl: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1078-5561
ORCID for Bernard Tembo: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3219-8173
ORCID for Julia Tomei: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2156-1603
ORCID for Peter Twesigye: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9802-7938
ORCID for Jim Watson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8464-1718
ORCID for Harald Winkler: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5826-4071
ORCID for Abdulmutalib Yussuff: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9565-305X

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Date Deposited:
23 Jan 2024 16:25
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18 Dec 2024 17:51
Date of first compliant deposit:
23 January 2024
Date of first compliant Open Access:
23 January 2024
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https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/33064
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