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What Senegal needs to to close its energy gap by 2030
The Conversation
(2018)
Abstract
Senegal stands out among least developed countries as having made the biggest strides in expanding energy access. To achieve universal energy access by 2030, the UN says Senegal must double its electrification rate. Currently, only 33% of rural Senegalese have electricity access. But connecting rural homes to the centralised grid is too expensive for most households and building the transmission infrastructure will take years. As Senegal has demonstrated, there isn’t a single approach to delivering modern energy services. Throughout 2017 it showed that grid connected, utility scale solar projects complement remote microgrids to bring clean, reliable, and affordable electricity to rural and city residents alike. These efforts to address the “energy access dividend” will help Senegal graduate from the list of least developed countries.
Keywords
- renewable energy,
- energy access,
- Senegal
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Publication Date
January 14, 2018
Citation Information
Erik Edward Nordman. "What Senegal needs to to close its energy gap by 2030" The Conversation (2018) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/erik_nordman/47/
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