Regional cooperation for mitigating energy poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: A context-based approach through the tripartite lenses of access, sufficiency, and mobility

Monyei, Chukwuka G.; Akpeji, Kingsley O.; Oladeji, Olamide; Babatunde, Olubayo Moses; Aholu, Okechukwu C.; Adegoke, Damilola; Imafidon, Justus O.

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2022.112209

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“…Similarly, poor power access continues to afflict Nigeria (Africa's biggest and most populous economy), highlighted by the unstable nature of the nation's chosen energization plans. The lack of robust implementation of electrification plans in the country portends great risk for the nation (Isihak, 2023; Monyei et al., 2022). Nigeria, which has a population of more than 213 million, only has a 55.4% access rate to electricity, according to the World Bank (2022), with just 24.6% and 83.9% of its rural and urban populations, respectively, having access to power.…”

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Balancing the scales: Does public debt and energy poverty mitigate or exacerbate ecological distortions in Nigeria?

Ezenekwe,

Okere,

Dimnwobi

et al. 2023

Int Social Sci J

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Amid Nigeria's economic growth and energy challenges, the escalating public debt (PB) levels and persistent energy poverty (EP) raise critical questions about their potential impacts on the environment. Given the potential conflict among economic development, EP alleviation and ecological conservation, it becomes pertinent to understand whether increased PB and efforts to address EP inadvertently contribute to or alleviate ecological imbalances within the country. Hence, this research investigates the effect of PB and EP on the load capacity factor (LCF) in Nigeria. Using the STIRPAT model and annual data from 1990 to 2021, the study explores the relationships among total PB, EP, gross domestic product per capita, urbanization and LCF. Descriptive analysis, correlation assessments and unit‐root tests precede the data analysis conducted with the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model and dynamic ARDL (DARDL) technique. Key findings reveal significant negative effects of urbanization and EP on LCF. Additionally, the ARDL and DARDL procedure highlights a positive long‐term relationship between PB and LCF. Both ARDL and DARDL analyses show a negative short‐term relationship between GDP growth per capita and LCF, signalling the need for sustainable economic practices. The study concludes with policy recommendations that aim to promote sustainable development and address ecological imbalances by tackling EP and PB challenges in Nigeria.

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Balancing the scales: Does public debt and energy poverty mitigate or exacerbate ecological distortions in Nigeria?

Ezenekwe,

Okere,

Dimnwobi

et al. 2023

Int Social Sci J

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“…The energy sector of the Africa economy suffers high demand coupled with low investment resulting into unreliable access and deficient capacity as well as high costs of energy (Onyeji, 2010; Nalule, 2020). The problems confronting the power sector gives rise to energy poverty which threatens Africa's sustainable development agenda (Nalule, 2020; Monyei et al ., 2022). Energy poverty is very dicey and complex situation in economic planning because the energy sector is capital intensive (Alhassan, 2018; Nalule, 2020).…”

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Inflation and energy poverty: threshold effect of governance quality in Africa

Mawutor

Gborse

Agbanyo

et al. 2023

JES

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to test the modulating role and threshold of governance quality in the cost of living–energy poverty nexus.Design/methodology/approachTwo-step System Generalized Methods of Moment empirical model with linear interaction between cost of living and governance quality was estimated. This study used data on 40 African countries over 20 years (2000–2019).FindingsThe paper shows that the conditional effect of inflation on energy poverty is negative. Thus, governance quality acts as a moderator on the relationship between inflation and energy poverty beyond a threshold. The study's principal practical implication is that governance quality reverses inflation's positive unconditional effect on energy poverty, and governance quality may be improved beyond specific policy-defined thresholds to achieve the desired goal of lowering energy poverty. Nonetheless, governance quality at initial stages would not drive the needed reduction in energy poverty unless it goes beyond the threshold of 0.03, 0.02 and 0.07.Research limitations/implicationsThis study recommends that policymakers should initiate policies that would ensure increased access to clean energy.Originality/valueThis study's main contributions are that the authors estimated the threshold beyond which governance quality reverses the adverse impact of inflation on energy poverty. Further, the authors have shown that governance quality is a catalyst to reduce energy poverty.

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“…Moreover, a number of organisations or initiatives, such as GIZ and GETFiT, play a great role in promoting energy access to the local community [ 40 ]. In this regard, regional and international cooperation can standardize electricity access benchmarks and facilitate technology transfer through existing or more improved instruments [ 41 ]. For example, a number of project developers are present in sub-Saharan African countries with a focus on the mitigation of carbon footprint.…”

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A Critical Review on the Development and Utilization of Energy Systems in Uganda

Bongomin

Nziu

2022

The Scientific World Journal

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We live in a world that is completely dependent on energy; thus, humankind can no longer live without power. With electricity being the main form of energy today, this has increased the complexity of our life today. In Uganda, electricity generation is mainly through hydropower, which puts the country in the bottleneck of overdependence on one source of energy. There are many energy systems out there that the country can use to diversify its electricity generation. Therefore, the need to understand the level of development and utilization of various energy systems has been the underlying question for this present study. A comprehensive literature survey was conducted using electronic databases, including ScienceDirect, Wiley, Sage, Scopus, Taylor & Francis, and Google Scholar. The publications in the form of reports, conference papers, working papers, discussion papers, journal articles, book sections, and textbooks were considered in this study. In total, 11 energy systems, including human and animal energy, solid biomass (firewood), hydropower, wind, geothermal, solar, nuclear, peat, coal, petroleum, and nonsolid biomass (methanol, hydrogen, ethanol, biodiesel, and biogas), are described. The current and future development and utilization of these energy systems have been described. The challenges for developing and utilizing these systems were elaborated on, and the solutions for their challenges were presented. Hydropower from the Nile River, being the main river for large hydropower plant construction, is the dominant energy system in Uganda. Nuclear energy will be the salvation for the country’s electric energy supply in the near future. Therefore, Uganda needs to bet big on nuclear energy.

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Regional cooperation for mitigating energy poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: A context-based approach through the tripartite lenses of access, sufficiency, and mobility

Cited by 25 publications

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Balancing the scales: Does public debt and energy poverty mitigate or exacerbate ecological distortions in Nigeria?

Balancing the scales: Does public debt and energy poverty mitigate or exacerbate ecological distortions in Nigeria?

Inflation and energy poverty: threshold effect of governance quality in Africa

A Critical Review on the Development and Utilization of Energy Systems in Uganda

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