COVID-19 energy sector responses in Africa: A review of preliminary government interventions

Akrofi, Mark Mc Carthy; Antwi, Sarpong Hammond

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2020.101681

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“…This is justifiable as correlation and regression are essentially different. This finding is in line with Akrofi and Antwi (2020) who opined that the pandemic unleashed unprecedented shocks on Africans’ ability to access basic energy. They also added that the pandemic is a threat to a smooth transition to clean energy utilization in Africa in the near future.…”

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COVID‐19 and the water–energy–food nexus in Africa: Evidence from Nigeria, Uganda, and Tanzania

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Water, energy, and food are necessary resources for well‐being and economic development. The physical and economic access to these resources in most Sub‐Saharan countries remains very low while the outbreak of COVID‐19 is projected to worsen the situation. Therefore, this study aims to assess the impacts of COVID‐19 on the access to water, energy, and food as well as to identify innovations in water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practices and examine the current policy interventions in Nigeria, Uganda, and Tanzania. An online survey through a Google Forms sampling 842 respondents was adopted and responses were analyzed. Results indicate that there is an insignificant correlation of COVID‐19 with water and energy access in all the three countries. However, there is a significant relationship with food access in all the three countries though still minimal in Tanzania. Interestingly, there is an improvement in WASH due to increased local innovations and continued mass sensitization. The study highly recommends policies that could improve affordability and encourage innovations in the factors studied.

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COVID‐19 and the water–energy–food nexus in Africa: Evidence from Nigeria, Uganda, and Tanzania

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“…As the pandemic continues, we could identify areas for policy interventions, some of which that could navigate the clean energy transition in the transportations sector [ 31 ], provide measures for energy sector responses [ 55 ], or create better energy governance [ 25 , 84 ]. Moreover, issues of energy access [ 54 ] may seem just about fine for the working class, as it is evidenced in this pilot study.…”

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COVID-19 and household energy implications: what are the main impacts on energy use?

Cheshmehzangi

2020

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This study explores the impacts of COVID-19 on household energy use. Some of these impacts are associated with longer-term energy demand changes and some could just be temporary. The study intends to present the results of a small pilot study conducted in China, by addressing household energy use. The samples are from 352 households and particularly focus on primary energy use in three periods of pre-pandemic (and pre-lockdown), start of COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown, and post lockdown. Each period is identified as a timeframe of 2.5 months, from November 2019 to late June 2020. The samples of this study highlight the primary implications of energy use, some that are understood as interim changes and some that may appear to be more prolonged. The results from the study highlight a variety of impacts on household energy use as well as prolonged impacts on transportation use. The primary household energy use are assessed in six fundamental elements of (1) transportation for commuting and leisure (for both private and public modes), (2) cooking, (3) entertainment, (4) heating and cooling, (5) lighting, and (6) the others. The results are summarized in three sections focused on major impacts on transportation use (comparison between private and public modes), cooking and entertainment, heating/cooling and lighting. The results could provide early suggestions for cities/regions that are experiencing longer lockdown. Furthermore, this study provides insights for larger-scale research in assessing household energy use/demand during times of health emergency and crises, such as the event of a pandemic.

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“…For example, the COVID-19 pandemic caused bankrupts of at least 19 energy companies in the United States industry [19] . Government interventions have been implemented promptly for energy industry responses [12] . The latest data in July 2020 shows that, compared to the same period in 2019, the peak reduction rates of electricity consumption (weather corrected) in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, China and India during the lockdown period were more than 10% [20] .…”

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“…Mastropietro et al [5] overviewed urgent global measures on energy consumer protection during the pandemic. There are more studies focusing on problems in specific countries or regions, such as the analysis of the short-term impacts on the United States electricity sector [11] , the review of government innervations in Africa [12] , the review of solar energy pathway in Malaysia [13] , the impact analysis for power sector operation in Indian [14] , the impact overview analysis of impacts on energy grid dynamics in Europe [7] , the overview of impacts on electricity and oil demand in China [15] , and the impacts of containment measures on European electricity consumption [16] . The aforementioned studies contributed to the understanding of the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic from different views.…”

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Impacts of COVID-19 on energy demand and consumption: Challenges, lessons and emerging opportunities

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COVID-19 energy sector responses in Africa: A review of preliminary government interventions

Cited by 104 publications

References 19 publications

COVID‐19 and the water–energy–food nexus in Africa: Evidence from Nigeria, Uganda, and Tanzania

COVID‐19 and the water–energy–food nexus in Africa: Evidence from Nigeria, Uganda, and Tanzania

COVID-19 and household energy implications: what are the main impacts on energy use?

Impacts of COVID-19 on energy demand and consumption: Challenges, lessons and emerging opportunities

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