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Africa’s Electricity-Access Problem Is Worse Than You Think

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Both are easy to define—a population’s share connected to the national grid or to a local source of electricity, and the ability to read and write—but such definitions do not make it possible to get a truly informed verdict. Even South Africa, by far the best-supplied country south of the Sahara, suffers from frequent blackouts.

Central African Republic

Central African Republic Sudan Ethiopia Africa

Study recommends $10B/year US federal investment in energy RD&D and a substantial price on carbon emissions; leveraging the national labs and encouraging the private sector for a clean energy future

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Our economic modeling suggests that an investment of a few extra billion per year today could develop technologies that could save the economy hundreds of billions of dollars per year by 2050 in scenarios where there are stringent policies limiting how much carbon can be emitted.

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Africa’s Electricity-Access Problem Is Worse Than You Think

Study recommends $10B/year US federal investment in energy RD&D and a substantial price on carbon emissions; leveraging the national labs and encouraging the private sector for a clean energy future

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