Scaling up renewable energy in Africa: measuring wind energy through econometric approach
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RESEARCH ARTICLE
Scaling up renewable energy in Africa: measuring wind energy through econometric approach Qaiser Abbas 1 & Abdul Razzaq Khan 2 & Ahmed Bashir 2 & David Ajene Alemzero 3 & Huaping Sun 3 & Robina Iram 3 & Nadeem Iqbal 4 Received: 28 February 2020 / Accepted: 4 June 2020 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Wind energy continues to make inroads in Africa due to falling costs and technological advancements. Most African countries are planning, exsiccating and connecting their renewable energy projects with national grid system with giving high propriety to energy security, sustainable energy consumption and low carbon emission. Many policies have been enacted by countries to promote the scaling up of wind energy and renewable energy in particular, across the globe. However, these policies have mixed effects on the deployment of wind energy. For this purpose, current study used panel data and fixed effects model for 17 African countries with wind installed generation capacity to determine the driver of wind energy development on the African continent between 2008 and 2017. The variables were grouped into three thematic areas: policy, socioeconomic, and country-specific factors. After conducting the analysis, socioeconomic variables (GDP, CO2, energy use) and energy security variables (energy import, electricity consumption) have significant effects in determining the scaling up of wind energy in Africa. However, the policy variables of FITs, licensing during, and Tax did not have significant effects on wind energy capacity addition for the case of Africa. This study adds to the drivers of nascent wind energy deployment literature in Africa. This study suggests that set of effecitive policies are deem necessary to scale up wind energy in Africa. Keywords Renewable energy . Wind energy . Electricity . CO2 . Scaling up
Nomenclature RETS renewable energy technologies FITs feed in tariffs GDP gross domestic product CO2 carbon dioxide
PIDA GWEC DTU AREI
African Union’s Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa Global Wind Energy Council Denmark Technical University Africa Renewable Energy Initiative
Responsible Editor: Philippe Garrigues * Qaiser Abbas [email protected] Abdul Razzaq Khan [email protected] Ahmed Bashir [email protected]
Nadeem Iqbal [email protected] 1
Department of Economics, Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
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Department Sociology and Rural Development, University of AJ&K, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
3
School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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Faculty of Management Sciences, Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
David Ajene Alemzero [email protected] Huaping Sun [email protected] Robina Iram [email protected]
Environ Sci Pollut Res
MW SEWEA REIPPP
Megawatts South Africa Wind Energy Association Re newa ble E ne rgy In de pe nde nt Po wer Procurement Program IRENA International Renewable Energy Agency IMF The International Mon
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