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Energy Poverty and the Challenges of Consumer Access to Electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Routledge Handbook of Consumer Protection and Behaviour in Energy Markets
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2024-09-27
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As the world is transitioning to a low carbon economy, there are various energy issues that have arisen not only in the developing world but also the developed world. These rotate around the energy access, energy poverty and energy security challenges that must be addressed in different countries. The crucial role of energy in our everyday lives can no longer be underestimated. Energy is used in our homes for cooking, lighting. It is also used in hospitals, industries and other sectors of the economy. Despite of this, hundreds of millions of people still lack even basic access to modern energy such as electricity, natural gas, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) for lighting and cooking, respectively. In the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region for instance, over 600 million people lack access to modern energy. For the developed world like the United Kingdom, in recent years they have been struggling with energy poverty challenges, specifically, issues of affordability, as most people have been finding it hard to pay for the energy bills. Despite these energy challenges, there have been debate to limit the reliance of certain types of energy such as fossil fuels, which are considered to be the main contributor to Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHE), that are associated with climate change.
This book chapter therefore, is intended to explore the energy access challenges in SSA, and analyse the effectiveness of the energy transition initiatives. The chapter will also draw more attention to the realities of the energy progression dialogue in both the global north and global south.
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Nalule VR (2024) Energy Poverty and the Challenges of Consumer Access to Electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa. In: Hunter TS, Krasniewski M, Malinauskaite J et al (Eds) Routledge Handbook of Consumer Protection and Behaviour in Energy Markets. Abingdon, UK : Routledge. Pp 249-258.
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The full-text of this book chapter will be released for public view at the end of the publisher embargo on 27 Mar 2026.