Bioenergy technologies adoption in Africa: A review of past and current status

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:264

Review

Dahunsi, Samuel Olatunde¹  Fagbiele, Omololu Oluwatobi²  Yusuf, Esther Ojima² 

[1] Ton Duc Thang Univ, Environm & Labour Safety, Sustainable Management Nat Resources & Environm R, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

[2] Covenant Univ, Dept Chem Engn, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria

关键词: Africa;    Bioenergy;    Biomass;    Development;    Energy;    Environment;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121683

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

One of the major indicators of social and economic development of a nation is energy. The global development in energy production has so grown that there are currently less than a billion people without access to electricity. However, Africa has again been left out of this mundane progress while Asia with about the same energy dilemma was able to provide electric energy to 375 million of its citizenry between 2011 and 2017. Meanwhile, India, Bangladesh, and Indonesia were all able to provide over 80% electrification rates to their teeming population. Though some levels of improvement have been witnessed in Africa's electrification projects up to about 43%, the slow pace of development in comparison with other parts of the globe is very worrisome especially due to the ever-increasing human population being witnessed across the African continent. This explains why yet over 600 million African are still living without access to electricity. Therefore, this paper examines the past and current status of bioenergy development across Africa while advocating for the inclusion of bioenergy in the African future energy projection due to their immense potentials to transform the continent. Africa stands a chance of becoming a major player in the global energy market. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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