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Hydropower Potentials and Effects of Poor Manufacturing Infrastructure on Small Hydropower Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

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  • Williams Ebhota

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute for Systems Science, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa,)

  • Pavel Y. Tabakov

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute for Systems Science, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa,)

Abstract

Adequate access to reliable, quality and affordable power is crucial to standard of living globally. Therefore, this study discusses the present power accessibility level, the causes of power inadequacy and measures required to realise power adequacy and sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on secondary research information sources, this study reported that presently in the region, four out of five people depend on firewood (traditional biomass) for cooking; power sector is typified of inadequacies of power generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure and emission of greenhouse gases. The effective amount of hydropower potential available in the region is 4,000,000 GWh/year and only 76,000 GWh/year of this potential that has been developed. The study attributes the low level of hydropower development to poor and inadequate manufacturing infrastructure. Further, the study sees the development of manufacturing infrastructure and other basic infrastructures as a panacea for power adequacy and sustainability in the region.

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  • Williams Ebhota & Pavel Y. Tabakov, 2017. "Hydropower Potentials and Effects of Poor Manufacturing Infrastructure on Small Hydropower Development in Sub-Saharan Africa," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Econjournals, vol. 7(5), pages 60-67.
    • Handle: RePEc:eco:journ2:2017-05-7
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    1. Richmond Atta-Ankomah, 2015. "Chinese Technologies and pro-poor industrialisation in Sub Saharan Africa: The case of furniture manufacturing in Kenya," Globelics Working Paper Series 2015-15, Globelics - Global Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems, Aalborg University, Department of Business and Management.
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    1. Justyna Tomala & Mateusz Mierzejewski & Maria Urbaniec & Sergio Martinez, 2021. "Towards Sustainable Energy Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-18, September.
    2. Alexandros Korkovelos & Dimitrios Mentis & Shahid Hussain Siyal & Christopher Arderne & Holger Rogner & Morgan Bazilian & Mark Howells & Hylke Beck & Ad De Roo, 2018. "A Geospatial Assessment of Small-Scale Hydropower Potential in Sub-Saharan Africa," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-21, November.

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    Keywords

    Hydropower; Small Hydropower; Manufacturing Infrastructure; Sub-Saharan Africa; Electricity; Hydro Turbine; Renewable Energy;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q4 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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