3 Energy Transition in Africa: Context, Barriers and Strategies
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billion with independent power producers (IPPs) to produce 2300 MW
of renewably generated power over the next five years.
14
One the other hand, in the last one and a half decades, there has
been a swell of oil, gas and coal discoveries across the African continent. In East Africa, Kenya pumped out its first 200,000 barrels of crude
oil with a current market value of USD12.6 million in July 2019.
15 In
August 2019, the country made its first small-scale export. Kenya has
also recently discovered viable coal and offshore natural gas deposits.
16
In West Africa, Senegal is priming itself to become a large-scale oil and
gas producer following the productive exploration and appraisal activities
of its SNE and FAN fields.
17 Senegal equally has significant recoverable
coal reserves and has resorted to coal-fired power as it awaits its offshore
gas fields to come online. Ghana too discovered commercial quantities
of oil and gas in 2007. It has in the last decade reached first oil and
production in numerous oil fields.
18 In 2019, Eni announced further
gas and condensate discoveries in offshore Ghana. In North Africa, the
Office of Hydrocarbons and Mining (ONHYM) of Morocco indicates
that the country has enormous untapped oil and gas potential and has
gone ahead to issues onshore and offshore exploration permits for the
same.
19 Similarly, in the South, South Africa has also made a significant
offshore oil and gas discovery in 2019 through Total.
20 Additionally, coal
still remains one of its major exports. In essence, many African countries
that were formerly net energy importers will in the coming years become
14 Eberhard Anton and Naude Raine ‘The South African Renewable Energy Independent Power
Producer Procurement Programme: A Review and Lessons Learned’ (2018) Journal of Energy
in Southern Africa, https://doi.org/10.17159/2413-3051/2016/v27i4a1483, accessed 9 August
2019.
15 ‘Tullow in Kenya’, https://www.tullowoil.com/operations/east-africa/kenya, accessed 9 August
2019.
16 ‘Oil and Gas Exploration History in Kenya’, https://nationaloil.co.ke/upstream/, accessed 9
August 2019.
17 ‘Senegal’, https://www.far.com.au/africa/senegal/, accessed 9 August 2019.
18 Monica Skaten ‘Ghana’s Oil Industry: Steady Growth in a Challenging Environment’ (Oxford
Institute for Energy Studies 2018).
19 ‘Energy Sector Overview’, http://www.onhym.com/en/, accessed 9 August 2019.
20 ‘Total Makes Significant Discovery and Opens a New Petroleum Province Offshore
South Africa’, https://www.total.com/en/media/news/press-releases/total-makes-significant-discov
ery-and-opens-new-petroleum-province-offshore-south-africa, accessed 9 August 2019.
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billion with independent power producers (IPPs) to produce 2300 MW
of renewably generated power over the next five years.
14
One the other hand, in the last one and a half decades, there has
been a swell of oil, gas and coal discoveries across the African continent. In East Africa, Kenya pumped out its first 200,000 barrels of crude
oil with a current market value of USD12.6 million in July 2019.
15 In
August 2019, the country made its first small-scale export. Kenya has
also recently discovered viable coal and offshore natural gas deposits.
16
In West Africa, Senegal is priming itself to become a large-scale oil and
gas producer following the productive exploration and appraisal activities
of its SNE and FAN fields.
17 Senegal equally has significant recoverable
coal reserves and has resorted to coal-fired power as it awaits its offshore
gas fields to come online. Ghana too discovered commercial quantities
of oil and gas in 2007. It has in the last decade reached first oil and
production in numerous oil fields.
18 In 2019, Eni announced further
gas and condensate discoveries in offshore Ghana. In North Africa, the
Office of Hydrocarbons and Mining (ONHYM) of Morocco indicates
that the country has enormous untapped oil and gas potential and has
gone ahead to issues onshore and offshore exploration permits for the
same.
19 Similarly, in the South, South Africa has also made a significant
offshore oil and gas discovery in 2019 through Total.
20 Additionally, coal
still remains one of its major exports. In essence, many African countries
that were formerly net energy importers will in the coming years become
14 Eberhard Anton and Naude Raine ‘The South African Renewable Energy Independent Power
Producer Procurement Programme: A Review and Lessons Learned’ (2018) Journal of Energy
in Southern Africa, https://doi.org/10.17159/2413-3051/2016/v27i4a1483, accessed 9 August
2019.
15 ‘Tullow in Kenya’, https://www.tullowoil.com/operations/east-africa/kenya, accessed 9 August
2019.
16 ‘Oil and Gas Exploration History in Kenya’, https://nationaloil.co.ke/upstream/, accessed 9
August 2019.
17 ‘Senegal’, https://www.far.com.au/africa/senegal/, accessed 9 August 2019.
18 Monica Skaten ‘Ghana’s Oil Industry: Steady Growth in a Challenging Environment’ (Oxford
Institute for Energy Studies 2018).
19 ‘Energy Sector Overview’, http://www.onhym.com/en/, accessed 9 August 2019.
20 ‘Total Makes Significant Discovery and Opens a New Petroleum Province Offshore
South Africa’, https://www.total.com/en/media/news/press-releases/total-makes-significant-discov
ery-and-opens-new-petroleum-province-offshore-south-africa, accessed 9 August 2019.