Powering Up

Rosnes, Orvika; Vennemo, Haakon

Powering Up | Costing Power Infrastructure Spending Needs in Sub-Saharan Africa

2009

Rosnes, Orvika | Vennemo, Haakon

Sub-Saharan Africa will require substantial investments in the power sector on the order of 4 percent of the region's gross domestic product (GDP) annually before 2015 if it is to meet the demands of economic development, keep pace with population growth, and expand electrification beyond the 2005 regional average of just 34 percent. Developing a regional power-trading market that exploits the vast hydropower potential of the subcontinent may be the best way to bring those costs down while also protecting against increases in oil prices and curbing carbon emissions. Expanding electrification is a daunting challenge, but the costs associated with extending the transmission network are minor in comparison with the investments in generation needed to accompany the demand of Africa's growing economies.

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World Bank, Washington, DC

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Gdp; Diesel; Domestic energy resources; Supply of electricity; Power investments; Grid company; Price of gas; Oil prices; Carbon emissions; Price of oil; Capital costs; Power system; Kilowatt-hour; Benchmark; Marginal cost; Price tag; Lower demand; Portfolio; Capital investment costs; Income levels; Domestic gas; Asset value; Electricity consumption; Coal plants; Thermal power generation; Power sector reform; Annual costs; Capital investment; Investment decisions; Infrastructure spending; Capital cost; Capacity expansion; Generation costs; Demand for electricity; Power plant technology; Power shortages; Cost assumptions; Electricity demand; Annual energy outlook; Hydropower plant; Solar photovoltaic energy; Weather patterns; Public private infrastructure; Transmission lines; Future demand; Transmission systems; Annual cost; Certified emission reduction; Thermal plants; Thermal power; Fuel; Replacement value; Transmission grid; Grid extension; Environmental impacts; Power production; Oil price; Environmental benefits; Production increases; Domestic energy; Heat production; Macroeconomic conditions; Total demand; Power capacity; Electricity supply; Nuclear power; Colors; Greenhouse; Growth in electricity demand; Economic research; Substitution; Border transmission; Power sector; Investment costs; Thermal power plant; Total cost; Electricity generation; Capital investments; Domestic coal; Transmission capacity; Generation capacity; Generating capacity; Power costs; Renewable generation; Power grid; Generation; Diesel fuel; Gas price; Real income; Real gross domestic product; Power trade; Energy supply; International energy; Feasibility; Gdp per capita; Kilowatt-hours; Coal power plants; Real gdp; Emissions from power plants; Electricity production; Commercial connections; Capacity for electricity generation; Cost estimates; Energy transmission; Rural electrification; Costs of power; Thermal power plants; Energy outlook; Forecasts; Exchange rates; Demand for power; Power supply; Greenhouse gas; Income class; Fuel prices; Energy information administration; Cost of fuel; Electricity demand growth; Coal resources; Energy policy; Generation assets; Impacts of climate change; Fuel price; Voltage; Connection costs; Power demand; Supply side; Routes; Scenarios; Distribution grid; Fuel costs; Geothermal power; Sensitivity analyses; Power producer; Infrastructure services; Economic activity; Emissions; Heavy fuel oil; Access to electricity; Distribution assets; Power consumption

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English

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CC BY 3.0 IGO, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo, World Bank

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Powering Up | Costing Power Infrastructure Spending Needs in Sub-Saharan Africa

2009

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