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Solar’s potential to radically transform African energy

As demand for energy grows across the African continent, solar has an outsized role to play as the cheapest source of power from now to 2030. But the cost of financing must fall for solar projects to be successful. Laura Cozzi, chief energy modeler at the International Energy Agency (IEA), shares some key takeaways from the recently published Africa Energy Outlook report.

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pv magazine

18 Jul 2022

Source: IEA Africa Energy Outlook 2022

Africa is currently facing numerous challenges that hamper the economic and social development of the continent, ranging from rising food and energy prices to the strains imposed by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, and debt. The effects of climate change also disproportionately affect Africa, which is only responsible for 3% of cumulative emissions. Being home to …

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