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Title Using Data Analysis to Examine Electricity Demand and Renewable Energy in Southern Africa
Full text https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3k62s4nz
Date 2020
Author(s) Curry, Tiana
Abstract Access to electricity is essential for development and economic growth. This study explores the potential for renewable energy to provide affordable energy and to alleviate energy poverty in the southern African region. Data analysis and visualization can help us understand the trends in, and characteristics of, energy demand and generation and draw insights into energy inequity across southern Africa. Patterns of electricity demand dictate the scale of energy infrastructure investments required to meet that demand reliably. However, electricity demand forecasts, dictated by the country's paying capacity and international financial support, highlight the continuation of energy inequities across the southern African region well into the future. This electricity demand analysis project is part of a larger project examining cost-effective planning and implementation of renewable energy generation to provide reliable electricity to countries in southern Africa.
Publisher eScholarship, University of California
Type of publication article
Format application/pdf
Rights public
Identifier qt3k62s4nz
Repository Berkeley - University of California
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