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Although Africa cannot be blamed for the man-made climate change and global environmental dam age that has taken place over the past two centuries, it is nevertheless experiencing some of the worst effects of it and there is a growing realisation that the
Many African governments have bold commitments to implement their sustainable energy sector policies.
Senegal and Mozambique are looking to develop efficient gas-fired generation, along with renewables, to expand their power capacity, based in part on gas reserves currently being developed in their waters.
Although gas is a fossil fuel and therefore not as clean as renewables, governments argue that it offers a relatively cheap way to scale up power generation more rapidly, with far fewer carbon emissions and reduced levels of local pollution compared to coal and oil-fired plants or small diesel generators.
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