Africa's energy generation is expected to double by 2030 as it further industrialises, but fossil fuels are expected to dominate electricity production, new research from Oxford University shows.
The study, A machine-learning approach to predicting Africa's electricity mix based on planned power plants and their chances of success, was published in the Nature Energy journal this week.
Through a machine-learning analysis of the continent's 2 500 planned power plants set to come online over the next few years, the study predicted energy demand on the continent would grow but fossil fuels would account for two-thirds of energy generation, this had implications for climate change effects globally.
