The cost of electrifying all households in 40 Sub-Saharan African countries by 2030.

ABSTRACT: Electrifying sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) requires major investments and policy intervention. Existing analyses focus on the levelized cost of electricity at aggregate levels, leaving the feasibility and affordability of reaching Sustainable Development Goal #7 - access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all - by country unclear. Here, we use the electrification model OnSSET to estimate granular and spatially explicit levelized costs of electricity and costs per person per day (pp/d) for 40 countries in SSA. We find that solar-powered mini-grids and standalone systems drastically lower the cost of electrifying remote and high-cost areas, particularly for lower tiers of electrification. On average, least-cost electrification in SSA at Tier 3 (ca. 365 kWh/household/year),

SUBMITTER: Egli F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10442407 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature