Renewables will ease, not solve, Africa's energy woes

The success of renewables projects in Kenya, South Africa and elsewhere suggests they could provide an alternative

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  • Renewable solution?
  • Natural endowments
  • Solar
  • Geothermal
  • Wind
  • Biofuel
  • Hydroelectricity
  • Local and flexible
  • Mozambique
  • Kenya
  • South Africa
  • Morocco
  • Gas: a pathfinder?
  • Practical difficulties

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