Electrification Experiences from Sub-Saharan Africa

Bhattacharyya, Subhes C.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-4673-5_6

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“…South Africa: Electricity access has increased to 86%, from only 30% in 1993 (Bhattacharyya, 2013). While respondents to a 2009 survey indicated that electricity had benefited their communities through channels such as the ability to start a small business (65% of households) and improved security (42%), Niez (2010) concludes that electricity has not been sufficient to generate economic growth in rural areas.…”

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The Impact of Electricity on Economic Development: A Macroeconomic Perspective

Stern

Burke

Bruns

2018

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We find that electricity use and access are strongly correlated with economic development, as theory would suggest. Despite large empirical literatures and suggestive case evidence, there are, however, few methodologically strong studies that establish causal effects on an economy-wide basis. There is some evidence that reliability of electricity supply is important for economic growth. We propose that future research focuses on identifying the causal effects of electricity reliability, infrastructure, and access on economic growth; testing the replicability of the literature; and deepening our theoretical understanding of how lack of availability of electricity can be a constraint to growth.

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The Impact of Electricity on Economic Development: A Macroeconomic Perspective

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Burke

Bruns

2018

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“…Particularly in relation to community ownership, a clearer distinction between the four aspects of an organizational model could prove valuable, as the current terminology on community ownership is vague. The term ‘community ownership’ is used in the literature to refer to a wide variety of organizational models, including arrangements in which legal ownership does not lie with the community . The term ‘ownership’ is hence used in a broad sense to describe both legal ownership, i.e., cooperatives, and to describe a sense of ownership in the meaning of a local buy‐in.…”

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“…Turning to Africa the literature is mainly addressing rural electrification in general. Topics in the literature include: (1) generic business models; (2) country specific case studies; (3) policy‐tailored analyses targeting country‐scale institutional environment and enabling frameworks; (4) financing; and (5) planning and scale …”

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Deconstructing the concept of renewable energy‐based mini‐grids for rural electrification in East Africa

Pedersen¹

2016

WIREs Energy & Environment

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The goal of providing universal energy access to all by 2030 under the UN-led SE4ALL initiative calls for new and innovative solutions to rural electrification and is fuelling the recent interest in mini-grids. Mini-grid solutions are emerging as a third alternative to rural electrification, coming between the option of largescale grid extension and pico-scale stand-alone solutions like solar home systems or solar lanterns. International expectations of mini-grids are high, with the International Energy Agency suggesting that they will play a significant role in reaching the goal of universal access. Based on a detailed review of past, ongoing, and planned mini-grids in East Africa, this study seeks to deconstructs the popular notion of mini-grids for rural electrification in East Africa. The study reveals that so far activities carried out under the heading of mini-grids to a large extent consist of the hybridization of existing utility-owned electricity systems for medium-size towns located far from the grid, which does not necessarily contribute to rural electrification. However, limited but increasing activity is identified regarding the use of mini-grids to bring electricity to rural villages and smaller rural towns. This is of specific interest because it is for this type of mini-grid that the main challenges are to be found with respect to identifying and testing adequate financing, ownership, and business models. Based on the trajectories identified for mini-grids for rural electrification and the challenges identified in the literature, the study concludes by proposing three avenues for further research.

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“…The major differences appear when it comes to dispersed settlements and the electrification of villages located so far from the grid that individual solutions or mini‐grids are the least costly option. Further descriptions of the various models can be found in Refs 5 and 11–13.…”

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“…Turning to Africa, Massé has made a comparison of the utility‐led models in Morocco and Tunisia and the RE agency models in Burkina Faso, Congo, and Madagascar, where he concludes that the RE agency model has resulted in 'very modest' achievements compared to the utility‐led models in Morocco and Tunisia. Besides this contribution, the experience of different electrification models led by RE agencies has increasingly been subjected to research, but apart from the case of South Africa, and Tunisia limited research has addressed the utility‐led models in Africa. In filling this research gap, research into RE in Morocco constitutes an interesting case because it is a utility‐led model at one pole of the continuum mentioned above that has achieved a very high rate of electrification, including reaching out to isolated and dispersed villages.…”

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Utility led rural electrification in Morocco: combining grid extension, mini‐grids, and solar home systems

Nygaard

Dafrallah

2015

WIREs Energy & Environment

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Morocco has become known for being an example of a well-performing utility-led rural electrification program, but so far little independent research has scrutinized this extraordinary case. Based on a critical review of the available literature this paper attempts to draw a picture of the evolution of rural electrification in Morocco, the policies and programs that have been implemented, and their institutional, technical and financial dimensions. The review reveals that information available about the success of the programme has almost entirely been provided by the utility ONE, which has strategic and commercial interests in showing its achievements in a favourable light. With this in mind, three main principles are identified as having contributed to the rapid evolution of levels of electrification: i) a clear vision and a continuing political commitment to follow the plan; ii) an institutional framework which brings into action the strength of the utility and of both national and international actors; and iii) a finance model that includes all stakeholders and international financial institutions. However, three factors may have been equally important in achieving these results: i) a level of rural electrification in Morocco that from the outset was far below that in comparable neighbouring countries; ii) a high GDP compared to Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries; and iii) a high level of urban electrification, which allowed cross-subsidization from urban consumers. So while the Moroccan case is inspiring for SSA countries, we need to be prudent before we relate the rapid increase in electrification to the implementation model alone.

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Electrification Experiences from Sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 11 publications

References 33 publications

The Impact of Electricity on Economic Development: A Macroeconomic Perspective

The Impact of Electricity on Economic Development: A Macroeconomic Perspective

Deconstructing the concept of renewable energy‐based mini‐grids for rural electrification in East Africa

Utility led rural electrification in Morocco: combining grid extension, mini‐grids, and solar home systems

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