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Why 76pc of Africa's energy will come from renewable sources

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Study shows countries such as Nigeria and Zimbabwe, have enough projects in the pipeline to potentially transition away from fossil fuels by 2050. [iStockphoto]

Over half of Africa's people - about 600 million - lack access to even the bare minimum of electricity. The tough question is how access can be extended without adding to global warming by relying on fossil fuels.

A team from Rwanda and Germany who work in renewable energy scientific modelling - set out to find the answer by building the Renewable Power Plant Database Africa, the first on the continent. It's a database of available open-access data on hydro, wind and solar energy sources that we've analysed.

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