Energy Economics and Energy Policy: Recent submissions
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Potential Role of Renewable Energy into Energy Mix to Overcome Energy Shortfall in Niger. Case of Sékoukou Village
(PAUWES, 2019-10)Energy access is closely linked to any development. The lack of access to energy is a major obstacle to the development and the improvement of living conditions for developing countries. The most West African developing ... -
Enhancing the role of local government in promoting sustainable energy transitions in Ghana. A case study of Wa Municipality
(2019-10)African local governments have an important role to play in Sustainable Energy Transitions (SET), yet their involvement in sustainable energy planning is severely inadequate. The main aim of this study was to examine how ... -
Assessing Impacts of Energy Efficiency Policies on the future Energy Demand in Secondary Cities in Rwanda, Case study of Musanze
(PAUWES, 2019-10)Urbanization is occurring fastest in developing countries, with the least developed countries expected to have the highest population growth rates. Cities in these countries are going to increasingly be important sites ... -
Improvement of Energy Efficiency in Tlemcen (Case of SONELGAZ)
(PAUWES, 2018-09)In a context of increasing population, scarcity of energy resources and increasing energy needs in electricity, energy efficiency is an essential way to guarantee the security of energy supply by reducing fossil energy ... -
Modelling the Future Energy Scenarios of Bamako City, Mali
(PAUWES, 2018-09)With the average energy use of 0.27 toe per capita, whereby 78 % came from traditional use of biomass in 2016, Mali is one of the poorest country energy use in the world and the situation is projected to be worse as the ... -
Ensuring Sustainable Electricity for All in West Africa through Innovative Decentralised Renewable Energy Solutions: An Analysis of Ivorian Context
(PAUWES, 2018-09)"The purpose of this study is twofold. On the one hand, remind African and international policymakers that access to energy is a basic right needed for the realization of other rights. On the other hand, it seeks to find ... -
Assessing Implementation of Energy Efficiency Practices and Industrial Energy Management: A Case Study of Kenyan Industries
(PAUWES, 2018-09)The government of Kenya in Vision 2030 aims to turn the nation into a higher middle-income economy which is driven by industrial transformation. In abide to achieve this, a number of programmes have been initiated with ... -
Renewable Energy Planning and Regulatory Policy: Tools for Sustainable Electricity Generation and Low Carbon Development. The Case of Ghana
(PAUWES, 2018-09)Renewable energy is very key to the development of Ghana especially for the replacement of fossil fuels which have become much a talk globally for contributing to climate change. Unfortunately, the country has seen little ... -
Analyzing the Cost of Electricity for Solarpv- Diesel Hybrid Generation for Sub-regional Hospital Electrification in Dourbali District, Chad
(PAUWES, 2018-09)"Promoting electricity access in rural and peri-urban areas is a common challenge all over the world. The lack of reliable caring in the rural health district, caused by poorly preserved pharmaceutical products that is ... -
Modelling the next Energy Transition in Nigeria to Achieve Sustainable Development and Mitigate Climate Change
(PAUWES, 2018-09)Projections for future energy demand have time and time again been employed for the planning and sustainable utilisation of available energy resources. Having in perspective the current energy transition occurring globally, ... -
Economic and Environmental Comparison of a Natural Gas Plant and Solar PV Systems for Rural Electrification in Nigeria: A Case Study of Iyiora Anam
(PAUWES, 2018-09)Electricity access rate in Nigeria have been all time low with 70% of rural dwellers lacking access to electricity, despite policies aimed at providing electricity to these off-grid communities. Therefore, in a bid to ... -
The Key factors Influencing Access to Finance for Scaling up clean Modern Energy in Rural Areas of Rwanda: A case study of Ngarama Sector
(PAUWES, 2018-09)This study sought to Identify Key factors Influencing Access to Finance for Scaling up Clean Modern Energy in Rural Areas of Rwanda. The study specifically focused on rural population participation in financial institutions; ... -
"Factors Affecting Adoption and Scaling Up of Rooftop Solar PV Deployment in Urban Centres A Case Study of Nairobi City"
(PAUWES, 2018-09)Urban centres in developing countries are growing at unprecedented rate. This is attributed to high population growth being experienced in those nations and more people moving to urban centres and the desire for those ... -
Evaluating the Success of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Policies in Ghana- Matching the Policy Objectives Against Policy Instruments and Outcomes
(PAUWES, 2018-09)This study outlined the policies targeting renewable energy and energy efficiency in Ghana, starting from the policy objective through the policy instruments and policy institutions. Energy policy is thus a strategy for ... -
Assessment of Factors Influencing Renewable Energy Adoption Process among Households in Urban Kenya, Case Study of Kisumu Central Sub- County in Kisumu City
(PAUWES, 2018-09)Enhancing adoption of renewable energy for households is an important step to realizing energy access. To make this happen it is important to know the factors that promote and inhibit adoption of renewable energy technologies. ... -
Overcoming Financial Barriers to Small Hydro Development in Kenya: The Role of Aggregation and its Policy Implications
(PAUWES, 2018-09)Small Hydro Power (SHP) generation is an important way to reduce the greenhouse gases and provide electricity to rural areas. To further the dissemination of SHP in order to address climate change and access to energy in ... -
Analysing Feed-in Tariff Policy to Accelerate Renewable Energy Deployment and Electricity Access in Malawi
(PAUWES, 2018-09)Decarbonisation of the energy sector and promotion of renewable energy sources is a central goal of Malawi Government as outlined in the country’s Renewable Energy Strategy essentially aimed at increasing the installed ... -
Modelling Renewable Energy Integration “A System Dynamics Approach": Case of Tanzania
(2018-09)The transition to a sustainable energy system is constrained by two key factors: fossil resource depletion and the rapid adverse effects of CO2 emissions leading to climate change. This thesis uses systems dynamics to ... -
Geothermal Electricity Compared To Electricity From Other Sources In Kenya
(2016)Kenya's energy mix is predominantly renewables; more than 80 percent of electricity is generated from locally available renewable sources. To lessen the pressure put by economic growth on the electricity supply and to meet ... -
Hydro, Solar, And Wind: Energy Policy Implication In Renewable Energy Deployment In Rwanda
(2017)Rwanda energy sector is one of the important drivers for her economic transformation and livelihood improvement of her population toward the country’s vision 2020. The sector currently needs a high attention to sustain ...