Author(s)

Aissa Boudjella^1,2*, Mwongereza Jean d’Amour^3,4*

¹American University, Darulaman Road Kabul Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan.
²Bircham International University, Avda Sierra 2, Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain.
³Pan African University Institute of Water and Energy Science PAUWES, Pole Chetouane, Tlemcen, Algeria.
⁴Integrated Polytechnic Regional Centre East (IPRC-EAST), Kibungo, Rwanda.

In this study we analyzed the generation and the potential of the electricity capacity of energy mix in East Africa from 2020 to 2040 including CO₂ emission. The predicted results show that the electricity generated from hydro will dominate compared to gas, oil, coal, Solar PV, bio-energy and other renewable energy. Some forms of energies such as bio-energy, solar PV will contribute less, while the contribution of nuclear will remain insignificant. The oil will continue to emit a lot carbon dioxides compared to the emission from gas and coal. The emission of CO₂ from total final consumption (TFC) of oil will be high compared to its emission from power generation (PG) of oil. More importantly, the results show a linear relationship between the energy outlook and time. This approach of modeling the energy in a linear form simplifies significantly the analysis of the electricity generation and capacity. Due to this high emission of CO₂, a new policy and a transition from conventional to renewable should be implemented with clean and energy efficiency technology.

East Africa, Electricity Generation, Electrical Capacity, Renewable Energy, Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Boudjella, A. and d’Amour, M. (2018) East Africa Region Energy Projection with the Carbon Emissions for Conventional Energy. Computational Water, Energy, and Environmental Engineering, 7, 69-79. doi: 10.4236/cweee.2018.72004.