{"id":28614,"date":"2022-10-30T17:27:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T17:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/cop27-southern-africa-needs-to-expand-decarbonise-its-energy-system"},"modified":"2022-10-30T17:30:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T17:30:48","slug":"cop27-southern-africa-needs-to-expand-decarbonise-its-energy-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/cop27-southern-africa-needs-to-expand-decarbonise-its-energy-system","title":{"rendered":"COP27 \u2013 Southern Africa needs to expand & decarbonise its energy system"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The upcoming edition of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly referred to as COP27 will be the event 27th edition, to be held from 6 to 18 November 2022 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.<\/p>\n

COP27 is Africa\u2019s COP and it must address Africa\u2019s climate challenges. The continent contributes about 3% of greenhouse gas emissions but suffers disproportionately from its negative impacts. Africa already loses between US$7 and US$15 billion a year as a result of climate change. If the current scenario doesn\u2019t change, we will be looking at a US$50 billion a year in 2030.<\/p>\n

Despite the commitments made by a number of developed countries, Africa still doesn\u2019t have adequate access to the finance resources needed to adapt to climate change. It is estimated by the African Development Bank that by 2030 Africa will need around US$1.6 trillion. One of the regions suffering the most is Southern Africa where nearly half of the households still lack access to electricity and due to increasing industrial growth demand for power is expected to more than double in the next 20 years.<\/p>\n

Southern Africa\u2019s power grid is dominated by South Africa which produces over 80% of its electricity from coal and as a consequence, electricity is more than twice as CO2 intensive than the global average.<\/p>\n

Energy Transition \u2013 the case for hydro energy<\/b><\/p>\n

Given the pressing situation, a backbone of hydroelectricity is critical to the region achieving its climate ambitions, delivering a low-cost, low-carbon grid, and facilitating greater investment in wind and solar power.<\/p>\n

The opportunities are ripped to change this scenario with solar and wind prospects abundant and at lowers costs. Southern Africa has almost unlimited solar and around 46 GW of wind potential, placing it amongst the lowest cost energy in the world.<\/p>\n

However, both options are intermittent, and in order to address current and future demand, a firm source of power is needed to align with demand. Hydro is a flexible, low-carbon solution.<\/p>\n

Hydro\u2019s flexible operation means output can be rapidly increased or decreased to bridge the gap from intermittent renewables while dams and lakes act as natural \u201cbatteries\u201d storing water when it is not needed, a much lower cost than alternative storage solutions.<\/p>\n

Hydro power is able to catalyse greater investment in variable renewables. Take Mozambique\u2019s Zambezi River as an example, where given the water volumes and storage potential of the projects along the cascade, each GW of hydro power installed can facilitate around 1 GW of variable renewables. The entire hydro cascade along the Zambezi River could: displace up to 7 GW of coal, spur further investment in solar and wind, drive green industrialization and mitigate large scale annual emissions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe entire hydro cascade along the Zambezi River could: displace up to 7 GW of coal, spur further investment in solar and wind, drive green industrialisation and mitigate large scale annual emissions\u201d.<\/b><\/p>\n

This solution has vast regional climate benefits, namely:<\/p>\n

During the COP 27, many high-level events will take place and on November 8th, the Presidency of Mozambique will hold a round table to discuss how the country\u2019s clean energy assets could be the engine needed to drive green industrialization in the region. You can follow the event online by register on this link<\/p>\n

By<\/b> Elizabeth Khumalo<\/p>\n

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