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it recommends that Parties should provide financial, technology transfer
and capacity building support to developing country Parties to enable
them to implement the Agreement.
8
The global energy sector and particularly the use of fossil fuels has
been identified as the largest contributor to GHG emissions.
9 Accordingly, in a bid to ‘pursue efforts’ to limit global warming, many countries
are undertaking a transition from a fossil fuel-dominated energy regime
to a clean energy one which is often synonymous with renewables.
In Africa, however, a closer look tells a different story. On the one
hand, there is an increased deployment of renewable energy projects
across the region. For instance, in East Africa, Kenya in July 2019,
launched the Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) farm, which is now
the largest wind power farm in Africa. The farm is providing 310 MW
of power to the national grid.
10 In West Africa, Senegal in December
2018 launched the Taiba Ndiaye Wind Project which is forecasted to
become operational in 2020 and to generate 158 MW of reliable, lowcost energy
11 while in Ghana, the planned Nzema Solar Power Station
although currently facing development hurdles, is posited to be the
largest installation of its kind in Africa. Based on 630,000 solar photovoltaic modules, the Nzema Solar Power Station is expected to increase
Ghana’s electricity generating capacity by 6% and power nearly 100,000
homes.
12 In North Africa, Morocco is also on its path to meeting 42%
of its energy demand using renewables by deploying 2GW of solar and
2GW of wind capacity across the country
13 and in the South, South
Africa entered into 27 power purchase agreements (PPAs) worth USD4.6
8 Articles 11(3) and 13(9) Paris Agreement.
9 Whitesell William Climate Policy Foundations: Science and Economics with Lessons from Monetary
Regulation (Cambridge University Press 2011).
10 ‘Lake Turkana Wind Power’, https://ltwp.co.ke/, accessed 9 August 2019.
11 ‘Taiba Ndiaye Wind Project’, http://www.taibaeolien.com/news/parc-eolien-taiba-ndiaye-celebr
ates-groundbreaking-on-west-africas-first-utility-scale-wind-farm/, accessed 9 August 2019.
12 Maame Esi Eshun and Joe Amoako-Tuffour Eshun ‘A Review of the Trends in Ghana’s
Power Sector’ (2016) Energy Sustainability Society, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-016-0075-y,
accessed 9 August 2019.
13 G Tazi et al. ‘Estimating the Renewable Energy Potential in Morocco: Solar Energy as a
Case Study’ (2018) IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, https://doi.org/
10.1088/1755-1315/161/1/012015, accessed 9 August 2019.
N. Kidunduhu
it recommends that Parties should provide financial, technology transfer
and capacity building support to developing country Parties to enable
them to implement the Agreement.
8
The global energy sector and particularly the use of fossil fuels has
been identified as the largest contributor to GHG emissions.
9 Accordingly, in a bid to ‘pursue efforts’ to limit global warming, many countries
are undertaking a transition from a fossil fuel-dominated energy regime
to a clean energy one which is often synonymous with renewables.
In Africa, however, a closer look tells a different story. On the one
hand, there is an increased deployment of renewable energy projects
across the region. For instance, in East Africa, Kenya in July 2019,
launched the Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) farm, which is now
the largest wind power farm in Africa. The farm is providing 310 MW
of power to the national grid.
10 In West Africa, Senegal in December
2018 launched the Taiba Ndiaye Wind Project which is forecasted to
become operational in 2020 and to generate 158 MW of reliable, lowcost energy
11 while in Ghana, the planned Nzema Solar Power Station
although currently facing development hurdles, is posited to be the
largest installation of its kind in Africa. Based on 630,000 solar photovoltaic modules, the Nzema Solar Power Station is expected to increase
Ghana’s electricity generating capacity by 6% and power nearly 100,000
homes.
12 In North Africa, Morocco is also on its path to meeting 42%
of its energy demand using renewables by deploying 2GW of solar and
2GW of wind capacity across the country
13 and in the South, South
Africa entered into 27 power purchase agreements (PPAs) worth USD4.6
8 Articles 11(3) and 13(9) Paris Agreement.
9 Whitesell William Climate Policy Foundations: Science and Economics with Lessons from Monetary
Regulation (Cambridge University Press 2011).
10 ‘Lake Turkana Wind Power’, https://ltwp.co.ke/, accessed 9 August 2019.
11 ‘Taiba Ndiaye Wind Project’, http://www.taibaeolien.com/news/parc-eolien-taiba-ndiaye-celebr
ates-groundbreaking-on-west-africas-first-utility-scale-wind-farm/, accessed 9 August 2019.
12 Maame Esi Eshun and Joe Amoako-Tuffour Eshun ‘A Review of the Trends in Ghana’s
Power Sector’ (2016) Energy Sustainability Society, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-016-0075-y,
accessed 9 August 2019.
13 G Tazi et al. ‘Estimating the Renewable Energy Potential in Morocco: Solar Energy as a
Case Study’ (2018) IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, https://doi.org/
10.1088/1755-1315/161/1/012015, accessed 9 August 2019.