Making the energy transition in rural east Africa: Is leapfrogging an alternative?

By James T. Murphy. 2001

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Subfields: Business and International Management, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Pollution

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The Sun Rises in the East (of Africa): A Comparison of the Development and Status of the Solar Energy Markets in Kenya and Tanzania (2012, unknown): “The Kenyan primary energy mix is largely a result of the reliance of the majority of rural households on biomass energy for their cooking, lighting and heating needs (Murphy, 2001).”
The role of renewable versus non-renewable energy to the level of CO2 emissions a panel analysis of sub- Saharan Africa’s Βig 10 electricity generators (2018, background): “Hence, the transition to renewable energies and the “right-hand side of the EKC” (leapfrogging) is challenging for developing countries, or as Murphy (2001) points out especially for the rural East Africa.”
Environmental leapfrogging in developing countries: A critical assessment and reconstruction (2003, background): “Incentives need to be complemented by a range of capabilities which are needed by firms to respond to incentives in the direction of less environmentally damaging production (Rip and Kemp, 1998; Angel et al., 2000; Dasgupta, 2000; IEA, 2001; Murphy, 2001; Worrell et al., 2001; Rock, 2002; Wilkins, 2”
The political economy of energy transitions in Mozambique and South Africa: The role of the Rising Powers (2016, background): “…are subject to elite capture and lack resources or where markets and infrastructural systems are under-developed, as in Mozambique (Berkhout et al, 2010; Bridge et al, 2013; Hansen and Coenen, 2014; Lawhon and Murphy, 2012; Murphy, 2001; Raven, Schot and Berkhout, 2012; Rock et al, 2009).”
Drivers and barriers to rural electrification in Tanzania and Mozambique – Grid-extension, off-grid, and renewable energy technologies (2014, background): “The extensive pan-African literature covers progress and constraints of such RES based off-grid implementations [6] [7] [8].”
Solar Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Challenges and Opportunities of Technological Leapfrogging (2015, background): “…development path of advanced countries, but rather skip some stages and even create their own paths to establish competence in new and growing industries (Gallagher, 2006; Goldemberg, 1998; Hobday, 1995; Lee & Lim, 2001; Liu, Cheng & Chen, 2011; Murphy, 2001; World Bank, 2008; Wu & Mathews, 2012).”
Renewables in the energy transition: Evidence on solar home systems and lighting fuel choice in Kenya (2013, unknown): “In Kenya, for instance, the majority of households rely on biomass energy for their cooking, lighting and heating needs (Murphy, 2001), with the result that biomass has a share of 74 percent of Kenya’s total primary energy supply (PES) in 2007 (IEA, 2010).”