When it comes to renewable energy, we habitually equate it with developed countries, but in fact, the highest proportion of renewable energy generation in the world is in Africa, accounting for more than Europe. In Kenya, renewable energy accounts for more than 85% of the electricity mix.

 

In recent years, Africa's renewable energy development is in full swing, attracting a large number of enterprises and individuals to Africa "gold".

 

Some people jokingly, the domestic can not play business to go to Kenya, no matter what goods to make money, and then go back to Guangzhou to buy a house after the success of nuggets.

 

01 Kenya: Reducing fossil dependence and switching to new energy sources of Solar Energy System with lithium battery.

Returning to the above conclusion, you must wonder why Kenya has such a high proportion of new energy solar system of Battery Energy Storage System.

 

If you look closely, you'll see that this is actually quite reasonable.

 

First of all, Kenya is one of the largest trade markets in Africa, is also the only fulcrum of the "Belt and Road" strategy in Africa, and is one of the countries that have received the most investment from China. Kenya has a relatively good economic foundation, the quality of the labor force is high, and the social and political environment is stable.

 

On top of that, Kenya lacks enough commercially available fossil fuel resources and its oil supply is vulnerable to fluctuations in international oil prices, threatening its energy security. It can be said that reducing their dependence on foreign fossil fuels is the main motivation for them to switch to renewable energy.

 

 

Located in the East African Rift Valley, Kenya is surrounded by lava plateaus and is rich in geothermal energy. In Hell's Gate National Park, not far from the capital, huge volumes of steam erupt from cracks in the earth's crust, creating a visually stunning energy source that can meet nearly half of the country's current electricity needs. Although Kenya's dry climate is not conducive to the development of hydropower, but the east of the sea also brings wind energy resources, the country has the largest wind farm on the African continent. In addition, the direct equatorial sun is also a favorable condition for the development of solar energy.

 

The list is long, with 22 countries on the continent already using renewable energy as their main source of electricity.

 

The Democratic Republic of Congo, for example, has huge potential for hydropower; Namibia embraces abundant wind and solar energy; In some coastal African island countries, such as Cape Verde, wind power takes precedence. In addition, many countries use bioenergy to achieve the reuse of agricultural by-products, which is also a very interesting phenomenon. In Mauritius, bagasse power generation technology has been developed. When the crop is in season and sugar cane is available, bagasse can generate 15% of the total electricity (456 KWH).

 

02 Africa has huge potential for new energy

With the rise of electricity demand in the future, new energy in Africa will also have immeasurable development potential.

 

The first is demographic demand. The fastest growing population in the world is now in Africa. It is predicted that in the next ten years, almost half of the world's population will be African. However, at present, 600 million people in Africa still lack electricity, and the per capita electricity consumption in most African countries is still below the world average.

 

Because of the different stages of economic development, African households have a huge demand for electricity, especially like China when urbanization was just taking off. The climate in Africa is very hot, so as incomes slowly rise, various household appliances with cooling functions such as air conditioners, fans and refrigerators will sell better and better, and this phenomenon is expected to continue until 2030. In addition, industrialization in many African countries is still expanding rapidly. The consumption of electricity for transportation purposes such as automobiles and industrial production by enterprises will increase significantly.

 

Among the many renewable energy sources, photovoltaic is growing strongly in Africa. One of the reasons is due to industrial and commercial demand, industrial and commercial customers in Africa are relatively expensive electricity, enterprises want to use photovoltaic power generation to save production costs, but also bring huge opportunities for photovoltaic power generation. For example, Kenya Tea Development Co., Ltd. plans to build photovoltaic power generation systems in 29 factories, which is expected to reduce electricity bills by nearly 50%.

 

EWIA Green Investment, a German company specializing in photovoltaic investment, predicts internally that Ghana, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Tunisia, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Cote d 'Ivoire, Liberia, Tanzania, Congo, Namibia and South Africa are all markets with growth potential.