This short open access book investigates the role of renewable energy in East Africa to provide policy-relevant inputs for the achievement of a cost-effective electrification process in the region. For each country, the authors review the current situation in the domestic power sector, adopt a GIS-based approach to plot renewable energy resources potential, and review currently planned projects and projects under development, as well as the key domestic renewables regulations. Based on such information, least-cost 100% electrification scenarios by 2030 are then modelled and comparative results over the required capacity additions and investment are reported and discussed. The authors also inquire into some of the key technological, economic, policy, cooperation, and financing challenges to the development of a portfolio of renewables to promote energy access in a sustainable way, including a discussion of the challenges and opportunities that might stem from the interaction betweenlocal RE potential and natural gas resources currently under development in the region. To conclude, policy recommendations based on the book's results and targeted at international cooperation and development institutions, local policymakers, and private stakeholders in the region are elaborated.

Focuses on renewable energy in East Africa, accounting for the local situation of energy access and energy resources endowment Includes a country-level GIS-based renewables potential mapping Develops least-cost scenarios of universal access to electricity Addresses key economic, technical, and policy design questions faced by policymakers Discusses challenges and opportunities of the interaction between local renewables potential and natural gas resources in the region

Autorentext

Bruno Michoud is a Senior Researcher at the "Future Energy" research program of the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Italy. His research focuses on the financing of the energy transition globally - and most specifically in Africa. He has almost a decade of experience in sustainable finance and impact investing, collaborating with social and environmental entities as well as capital providers in developing and industrialized countries. Prof. Dr. Manfred HAFNER is Professor of International Energy Economics and Geopolitics teaching at the Johns Hopkins University of Advanced International Studies (SAIS Europe) and at SciencesPo PSIA. He is the Coordinator of the Future Energy research Program of the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Italy. He has extensively consulted for governments, international organizations and the energy industry all over the world and in particular in MENA.

Inhalt
Introduction.- East Africa: Regional Energy Outlook.- Country-Level Analysis: Power Sector, Energy Resources, and Policy Context.- Electrification Scenarios.- Conditions for RE Deployment and Energy Development.- RE Interaction with NG Resources.- Conclusions and Policy Implications.