Electricity market coupling and investment in renewable energy: East Africa Community power markets

Geoffrey Aori Mabea

doi:10.1080/14786451.2019.1709461

Electricity market coupling and investment in renewable energy: East Africa Community power markets

Geoffrey Aori Mabea (Lead / Corresponding author)

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Abstract

The United Nations, through key legal instruments such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement, has focussed on fighting threats to climate change. This involves promoting new technologies and just transition from the fossil fuel-based power generation. However, such a transition requires innovation, policy review and realistic implementation timeline. This research reviews the current development targeting solar and wind resources investment in the East Africa Community (EAC) electricity markets, where, a future integrated electricity market in the five examined countries (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi) transit to low carbon economies. A comprehensive review of existing and proposed policies targeting the promotion of investment in renewable energy sources (RES) is carried out, and a suitable model to advance the integration of RES proposed. This roadmap, called Renewable Integration Continuum (RIC) model provides a framework through which EAC power market coupling is feasible.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	321-334
Number of pages	15
Journal	International Journal of Sustainable Energy
Volume	39
Issue number	4
Early online date	3 Jan 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14786451.2019.1709461
Publication status	Published - 3 Jan 2020

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

East Africa Community
Electricity markets coupling
low carbon policies
renewable integration continuum

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Fuel Technology
General Energy
Process Chemistry and Technology
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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Electricity market coupling and investment in renewable energy: East Africa Community power markets

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