TITLE:
East Africa Region Energy Projection with the Carbon Emissions for Conventional Energy
AUTHORS:
Aissa Boudjella, Mwongereza Jean d’Amour
KEYWORDS:
East Africa, Electricity Generation, Electrical Capacity, Renewable Energy, Carbon Dioxide Emissions
JOURNAL NAME:
Computational Water, Energy, and Environmental Engineering,
Vol.7 No.2,
April
28,
2018
ABSTRACT: In this study we analyzed the generation and the potential of the electricity capacity of energy mix in East Africa from 2020 to 2040 including CO2 emission. The predicted results show that the electricity generated from hydro will dominate compared to gas, oil, coal, Solar PV, bio-energy and other renewable energy. Some forms of energies such as bio-energy, solar PV will contribute less, while the contribution of nuclear will remain insignificant. The oil will continue to emit a lot carbon dioxides compared to the emission from gas and coal. The emission of CO2 from total final consumption (TFC) of oil will be high compared to its emission from power generation (PG) of oil. More importantly, the results show a linear relationship between the energy outlook and time. This approach of modeling the energy in a linear form simplifies significantly the analysis of the electricity generation and capacity. Due to this high emission of CO2, a new policy and a transition from conventional to renewable should be implemented with clean and energy efficiency technology.