The International Energy Agency (IEA) is urging countries to redouble their efforts to achieve a tripling of renewable energies by 2030 while REN21 notes that the transition to renewable energies has decreased in 2023. In Mali a construction of a third solar power plant was launched; in Nigeria, the state of Lagos will use its waste to produce energy.
The world is still far from meeting a key target set at last year’s COP28 of tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030, the World Health Organization warned yesterday.International Energy Agency (IEA) in a report. At COP28 in Dubai at the end of 2023, nearly 200 countries collectively committed to tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030, with the aim of maintaining the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming. climate at 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The IEA’s new analysis now shows that countries’ ambitions and implementation plans are not yet in line with this key objective. Official commitments in country plans – nationally determined contributions (NDCs) – currently stand at 1,300 gigawatts (GW). This represents only 12% of what is needed to achieve the global tripling target set in Dubai, the IEA points out. Tripling this commitment requires installed renewable capacity of at least 11,000 GW by 2030. Of the 194 NDCs previously submitted, only 14 include explicit targets for total renewable energy capacity for 2030.
However, a new country-by-country analysis by the IEA – covering almost 150 countries worldwide – reveals that governments’ national ambitions go much further, corresponding to almost 8,000 GW of global installed renewable capacity by 2030. This means that if countries were to include all their existing policies, plans and estimates in their new NDCs expected next year – which will include revised ambitions for 2030 and new targets for 2035 – they would reflect 70% of what is necessary by 2030 to achieve the tripling target, which corresponds to 11,000 GW of installed renewable capacity worldwide. Ambitions vary considerably from country to country but the scale and speed of renewable energy deployment in China will be ” crucial to the overall pace of global deployment through 2030 », Indicates the IEA.
It is now time for countries to set more ambitious renewable energy targets in their respective NDCs, the statement added. “ This report clearly shows that the tripling target is ambitious but achievable – but only if governments quickly turn their promises into action plans “, said Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the IEA.
In a report published at the end of May, REN21 found that the global transition to renewable energy in major energy-consuming sectors slowed in 2023, hampered by regulatory gaps, political pressures and the failure to set clear targets. By the end of last year, only 13 countries – including the United States, India and China – had implemented renewable energy policies covering buildings, industry, transport and agriculture, with only 12.7% of the energy consumed by these sectors coming from clean sources notes REN21. Many countries have even backtracked on their ambitions: of 69 countries with renewable energy targets for end users, only 17 have extended them beyond 2024.
AFRICA
d.lightthe provider of transformational household products and affordable financing for low-income households, has partnered with French telecommunications operator Orange to open access to d.light’s range of low-cost solar products to customers in 11 African countries. d.light solar products, including solar home systems, solar inverters, TVs, fans and portable solar lights, are available to Orange customers through its Orange Smart Energies platform. The partnership is already operational in Ivory Coast, where Orange has thirty million customers, but also in Cameroon, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Madagascar and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It will extend to five other African countries in which Orange is present: Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea and the Central African Republic (CAR).
The renewable energy company Serengeti Energy and the French financing institution Proparco have signed a €250,000 grant agreement to enable adaptation to climate change of Serengeti Energy’s power plants in sub-Saharan Africa. This strategic partnership aims to strengthen the resilience and sustainability of renewable energy infrastructure in the face of the growing challenges brought about by climate change.
The grant will be used to implement advanced climate change adaptation and mitigation measures at Serengeti Energy’s power plants, to ensure their operational efficiency and reliability in the face of increasingly harsh weather conditions. unstable and environmental changes.
MALI
Work on the first phase of 50 MWp of the 100 MWp Tiakadougou-Dialakoro solar power plant in the Sélingué circle, Bougouni region was launched on 1er June, after those of the Sanankoroba and Safo power plants in the Kati circle (Read our previous column). Initially, the Emirati company AMEA Power will build a 50 MWp power plant on 120 hectares for work over 12 months and at a cost of around FCFA 45 billion.
NIGERIA
Lagos State entered into a partnership with the Dutch company Harvest Waste Consortium for the construction of a high-efficiency waste-to-energy plant at the Epe landfill, which will use cutting-edge technology to generate clean energy from collected waste. The plant is expected to produce between 60 and 75 MW of electricity.
“ We are delighted to announce the construction and operation of a high-efficiency waste-to-energy plant in Lagos. This state-of-the-art facility will be built with the capacity to process 2,250 tonnes of waste per day, representing a monumental advancement in our waste management strategy. The plant will not only provide a sustainable alternative to the current practice of waste dumping, but it will also divert more than 95 percent of our waste from landfills” underlines Governor Sanwo-Olu.
Sanwo-Olu said the initiative would significantly reduce the environmental footprint of Lagos’ waste disposal methods, with the plant expected to trap about 550,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emitted daily by discharge.
The poultry production company Valentine Chicken based in Kwara State will benefit from a 4.7 MWp solar photovoltaic-gas hybrid system to optimize energy efficiency and reliability, with the photovoltaic generator directly powering the facility’s operations. It will be built by Rensource Energy in partnership with Green Fuels for delivery on 3th quarter 2024. The project will generate 2.52 GWh per year and offset 16,260 metric tons of CO2 over the life of the project
The Valentine Chickens 4.7 MWp solar PV-gas hybrid features a total PV capacity of 1.7 MWp of decentralized roof-mounted solar PV with a 1.5 MW PV inverter system and generators of installed gas of 3 MW. This system will be installed across Valentine Chickens’ 12 sites to power all of their farms and facilities via a decentralized solar photovoltaic system and a centralized gas-fired power line, minimizing the use of power from diesel generators.
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