in Africa, see below...
AfDB to explain Africa's case at Montreal World Energy Summit
Toronto : Canada | Aug 13, 2010
By GeorgeGeorge Okore:
African Development Bank (AfDB) will explain the challenges facing the
African energy sector to a wide audience at the World Energy Congress
(WEC), scheduled to take place in Montr�al, Canada, September 12-16,
2010.
Africa�s energy production is about 9.5% of the world�s total output,
including 12.1% of the world�s crude oil production; 6.6% of natural
gas output; 4.7% of the world�s hard coal; and 3.1% of hydro-electric
power. �Increasing energy access is a priority for Africa�, says Hela
Cheikhrouhou, the AfDB�s Director for Energy, Climate Change and
Sustainable Development. She said large segments of the continent�s
people, especially in Sub-Sahara Africa and in the rural areas of
middle-income countries, live in conditions of acute �energy poverty�.
The continent�s one billion inhabitants consume the least amount of
energy per capita. Endemic low per-capita energy consumption is both a
cause and consequence of Africa�s prolonged poor socio-economic
performance since the first oil shock in the early 1970s, particularly
in oil-importing Sub-Sahara African countries. frican countries are in
effect facing the threats posed by climate change.
They have witnessed extreme weather conditions � historic hot spells,
droughts, torrential rains, cyclones, floods, extreme fluctuations of
river flow and lake water levels. Climate change has emerged as an
important challenge facing Africa in the 21st century. The continent
has however a number of options for clean energy development with
enormous potential.
Kenyan Energy Minister Kiraitu Murungi says African countries,
especially south of the Sahara, need to make greater use of their huge
largely untapped renewable energy potential � especially hydro-power,
geothermal energy, solar and wind power, and more efficient
utilization of biomass.
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Summit to discuss hydropower energy generation in Africa
http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/news_display.1239765003.html
August 11, 2010
Some of the world's top hydropower experts will be converging in South
Africa next week to discuss the future of hydropower electricity
generation in Africa.
The focus of the conference is mainly on funding and financing
projects as well as hearing updates on some of the most exciting hydro
developments on the continent, including DRC's Inga and Ingula in
KwaZulu-Natal. The third annual Hydropower African conference and
exhibition will be opened by South African energy minister Elizabeth
Dipuo Peters. Dipuo Peters will give a keynote address on "working
together to unlock Africa's hydropower potential to promote
sustainable development, regional integration, water and energy
security, and poverty eradication in Africa." "There is an enormous
demand for information on the finance and funding of hydropower
projects in Africa especially given that the potential for hydro
generation is great and that only 10% of the continent's potential has
been realised," says Nicolaas Loretz, Hydropower Africa project
director.Ltd.
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