Atef's Comments

Africa has substantial potential from new and renewable energy, more than 70% of the population of sub-Saharan Africa has no access to electricity and more than 70% of the final energy consumption in sub-Saharan Africa is based on wood energy with all its consequence for the environment. The International Energy Agency expects the number of Africans lacking electricity to increase from 535 million now to 586 million by 2030, most of them in rural areas. America and European countries should development Africa to exploit these potential to protect the environmental, and keep the climate from change
Atef Marzouk
Policy Officer in charge of Renewable Energy
African Union Commission
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
E-mail: atef_nrea@yahoo.com
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