China’s Contribution to the African Power Sector: Policy Implications for African Countries

Powanga, Luka; Giner-Reichl, Irene

doi:10.1155/2019/7013594

Cited by 14 publications

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“…As energy systems become more complex, economic, social, health, and environmental concerns are included in energy security assessments [2,3]. Statistics show that up to 1.2 billion people lack access to electricity [3,4]. Approximately 600 million of these are in sub-Saharan Africa, which accounts for 70% of the sub-Saharan population [5][6][7][8].…”

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A Techno-Economic Model for Wind Energy Costs Analysis for Low Wind Speed Areas

2021

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The global population is moving away from fossil fuel technologies due to their many disadvantages, such as air pollution, greenhouse gases emission, global warming, acid rain, health problems, and high costs. These disadvantages make fossil fuels unsustainable. As a result, renewable energy is becoming more attractive due to its steadily decreasing costs. Harnessing renewable energy promises to meet the present energy demands of the African continent. The enormous renewable energy potential available across the African continent remains largely untapped, especially for wind energy. However, marginal and fair wind speeds and power densities characterize African wind energy resulting in low and unsustainable power in many areas. This research develops a techno-economic model for wind energy cost analysis for a novel, Ferris wheel-based wind turbine. The model is used to techno-economically analyze the siting of wind turbine sites in low wind speed areas on the African continent. The wind turbine’s technical performance is characterized by calculating the annual energy production and the capacity factor using the wind Weibull probability distribution of the cities and theoretical power curve of the wind turbine. Its economic performance is evaluated using annualized financial return on investment, simple payback period, and levelized cost of electricity. The techno-economic model is validated for 21 African cities and shows that the Ferris wheel-based design is very competitive with four current, commercial wind turbines, as well as with other sources of energy. Hence, the new wind turbine may help provide the economical, clean, renewable energy that Africa needs.

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A Techno-Economic Model for Wind Energy Costs Analysis for Low Wind Speed Areas

2021

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“…Hinga et al (2013) give a general analysis of the Chinese energy initiatives in African countries and prove that the cooperation in energy sector with non-African countries is mutually beneficial for both sides. Powanga and Giner-Reichl (2019) present data on the foreign multinational companies (MNCs) on the African energy market and propose the approach for analyzing the situation on energy market through the access to energy data. The general tracks of China -Africa cooperation are described in (Looy, 2006).…”

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“…These specific aspects of energy cooperation determine the choice of a strategy adopted by African countries. The choice is highly dependent of the economy development of a country; however, African economies cannot be clearly divided, especially taking into account the fact that the majority of the countries discussed, as it is shown in Figures 4 and 6 and in (Powanga and Giner-Reichl, 2019), develop combined strategies.…”

Section: The Presence Index Data and The Comparison Of Energy Strategiesmentioning

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Brics on the African Energy Market: Current Situation and Prospects for Mutual Cooperation

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Bakulina²,

Ploticyna³

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The African energy market is one of the developing markets in search of foreign investments. The traditional investors, the EU and the USA, follow a policy inconsistent with the current situation -the emergence of new competitors, the BRICS countries. The purpose of the article is to assess the influence of the BRICS countries on the African energy market and to identify the extent of this influence. To this end, the authors have developed the presence index composed of the main indicators of the country's participation in the African energy market. The results are then interpreted, in order to reveal the most effective strategy of the BRICS energy cooperation on African issues. The authors have identified the main specific features of the energy market in Africa and the main characteristics of the energy strategies proposed to African countries by the main players on the energy market (including the EU and the USA). This allows to develop a strategy for African countries regarding the development of their national markets. The main hypothesis of the article is that the African economies should diversify their portfolio of energy sector investments, but introducing only those strategies that contribute to the growth of their economy.

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“…Oil imports from Angola constitute 47% of the African import market share in China, surpassing Saudi Arabia as China's largest source of crude oil imports in 2006. Africa is home to five of the top 30 oil-producing countries; Africa's proven oil reserves are listed at 130 billion barrels (at the end of 2012) (Powanga & Giner, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%