Perspectives on energy security and renewable energies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Subtitle: practical opportunities and regulatory challenges
By: edited by Oliver C. Ruppel & Bernd Althusmann
Edition: Second revised and expanded edition.
Publisher: Macmillan Education Namibia
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Windhoek
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9789991639116
Subjects: Energy security; Energy policy; Renewable energy sources; Sustainable development
Description: "Energy security is one of the most important future challenges on the international agenda of security, peace and stability worldwide. The escalating demand for energy and the imperative of energy independence are playing a mounting role in politics - and eyes are turning to Africa as the continent with the highest potential for renewable (and other) energy resources for the future. Energy security is the sine qua non in stabilising democracy and economic growth, and in reducing poverty and the impacts of climate change. This timely publication investigates energy security and renewable energies in Sub-Saharan Africa, pointing out practical opportunities and regulatory challenges from the perspective of various African and international experts."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1. German-Namibian collaboration in energy issues / Ullrich Kinne; title: 2. The state of renewable energy technologies and applications In sub-Saharan Africa – where do we stand, and where do we go? / Zivayi Chiguvare & Theodora M. Chiguvare; title: 3. Challenges and opportunities for increased energy access in sub-Saharan Africa, with special reference to Namibia / Zivayi Chiguvare & Helvi Ileka; title: 4. 100% decentralised, renewable energy for Namibia / Harald Schütt; title: 5. REEE-powering Namibia – energising national development / Detlof von Oertzen; title: Section II. Regulatory pathways. 6. The pathway to energy liberation in Nigeria: lessons for Namibia / Yemi Oke; title: 7. Comparative legal aspects of the potential of renewable energies to promote energy security, sustainable development and climate change mitigation: Germany, South Africa and Namibia / Oliver C. Ruppel & Katharina Ruppel-Schlichting; title: ^; title: 8. Legal and policy frameworks for climate-friendly energy generation in Africa: energy security for future development / Elizabeth Gachenga; title: 9. The current status of biofuels to promote energy security – legal challenges and potential for sustainable development in South Africa / Lena C. Plato; title: 10. The role of law in promoting renewable energies in Africa / Yinka Omorogbe; title: Section III. Incentive structures. 11. Leveraging private capital for renewable energy in Namibia – a practitioner’s perspective / Jan Martin Witte; title: 12. Foreign direct investment protection for improved energy security in Southern Africa: the examples of SADC and Namibia / Oliver C. Ruppel & Frieda Shifotoka; title: 13. Fiscal incentives to advance the uptake of renewable energy in South Africa / Lee-Ann Steenkamp; title: 14. Bush encroachment, de-bushing and energy production in Namibia / Lydia Mlunga & Frank Gschwender; title: ^; title: Section IV. Energy security and energy insecurity. 15. Sustainable, cost-effective and environmentally sound energy – a reflection from Zimbabwe / Eddie Cross; title: 16. Will South Africa choose nuclear energy as its future? A change of nuclear power clientele – BRICS instead of OECD? / Maren Gebel; title: 17. Energy insecurity in an era of fossil fuel abundance: the United States experience with hydraulic fracturing for unconventional gas / Melissa Powers; title: 18. Regional energy: integrating energy flows with governance / Manisha Gulati, Louise Scholtz & Firoz Khan; title: Annex. Recommendations by the Namibian committee on economics, natural resources and public administration.