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„In rural Sub-Saharan Africa, about 86% of the population has no access to electricity. Where West Africa’s population is projected to double by 2050, the electricity demand is expected to increase fivefold by 2030“

IRENA, 2015

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Sterl&al 2021 Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

April 2021

A new CIREG research paper shows how solar and wind power could mitigate geopolitical conflict in Northeast Africa

The Grand Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia and the Blue Nile

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A spatiotemporal atlas of hydropower in Africa for energy modelling purposes

April 2021

New paper in Open Research Europe waiting for your public peer-review

A spatiotemporal atlas of hydropower in Africa for energy modelling purposes

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Illustration Mutsindikwa & al. 2020

December 2020

New article published in Modeling Earth Systems and Environment

New article published in Modeling Earth Systems and Environment

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Niger

Off-grid PV demonstrator

Togo

Hybrid micro-hydro and solar electrification system

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