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operation.
101 Although it is now being phased out of the United States
and being replaced by a separate initiative that will promote renewable
energy storage and transmission, it is a good starting point for African
countries.
Other policies necessary for the energy transition include policies
on; the energy efficiency of buildings in anticipation of the continent’s
imminent and rapid infrastructural development; modelling and system
integration of renewable energy to ensure its maximum absorption into
the energy mix, decommissioning of coal mines and oil wells as well as
policies on social aid for employees affected by the transition.
3.4.6 Technological Recommendations
Only moderate headway has been made in the ‘North–South’ technology
transfer. Moreover, African countries lack the capacity to absorb any
technology transferred. To resolve this, African countries could consider
joining technology collaborative networks such as IEAS’s Networks of
Expertise in Energy Technology (NEET) initiative which seeks to assist
energy-consuming countries to develop expertise and experience in clean
and advanced technologies. Thereupon through practices such as reverse
engineering, incremental learning and prototyping the continent can
build manufacturing competence.
African governments can also take part in coordinating university–
industry collaborations and improving science education so as to meet
the technological needs of the transition. This has proved useful in other
countries like Malaysia, where its ministries of finance and higher education are jointly working with its ministry of energy to build technological
capacity.
102
101 Amy Myers Jaffe, ‘A New Dawn for Wind Energy Infrastructure After the Production Tax
Credit Sunset’ (Energy Realpolitik, 15 July 2019), https://www.cfr.org/blog/new-dawn-wind-ene
rgy-infrastructure-after-production-tax-credit-sunset, accessed 9 September 2019.
102 Mat Hudin et al., ‘Renewable Energy Investment in Malaysia: An Integrated Model
in Evaluating Public Decision Making Process’ (2017) Vol 5(4) Journal of Clean Energy
Technologies.
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operation.
101 Although it is now being phased out of the United States
and being replaced by a separate initiative that will promote renewable
energy storage and transmission, it is a good starting point for African
countries.
Other policies necessary for the energy transition include policies
on; the energy efficiency of buildings in anticipation of the continent’s
imminent and rapid infrastructural development; modelling and system
integration of renewable energy to ensure its maximum absorption into
the energy mix, decommissioning of coal mines and oil wells as well as
policies on social aid for employees affected by the transition.
3.4.6 Technological Recommendations
Only moderate headway has been made in the ‘North–South’ technology
transfer. Moreover, African countries lack the capacity to absorb any
technology transferred. To resolve this, African countries could consider
joining technology collaborative networks such as IEAS’s Networks of
Expertise in Energy Technology (NEET) initiative which seeks to assist
energy-consuming countries to develop expertise and experience in clean
and advanced technologies. Thereupon through practices such as reverse
engineering, incremental learning and prototyping the continent can
build manufacturing competence.
African governments can also take part in coordinating university–
industry collaborations and improving science education so as to meet
the technological needs of the transition. This has proved useful in other
countries like Malaysia, where its ministries of finance and higher education are jointly working with its ministry of energy to build technological
capacity.
102
101 Amy Myers Jaffe, ‘A New Dawn for Wind Energy Infrastructure After the Production Tax
Credit Sunset’ (Energy Realpolitik, 15 July 2019), https://www.cfr.org/blog/new-dawn-wind-ene
rgy-infrastructure-after-production-tax-credit-sunset, accessed 9 September 2019.
102 Mat Hudin et al., ‘Renewable Energy Investment in Malaysia: An Integrated Model
in Evaluating Public Decision Making Process’ (2017) Vol 5(4) Journal of Clean Energy
Technologies.