Lesson 8: Large Infrastructure Projects: Generation, Transmission &

Regional Markets
8.1 Investment issues for large infrastructures at national level
Mandatory
• “Independent power projects in sub-Saharan Africa. Lessons from five countries.” WB,
2016. This study evaluates the experience of IPPs and identifies lessons that can help
African countries attract more and better private investment. At the core of this
analysis is a reflection on whether IPPs have in fact benefited Sub-Saharan Africa, and
how they might be improved. Only part 1 is to be considered “mandatory”.
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/23970
Suggested
• Africa GenCo – An overview. March 2017.
http://africagreenco.com
http://africagreenco.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/GreenCo-BP-
Overview_October-2017.pdf
• Scaling up Africa’s renewable power. The need for de-risking investments. RES4Africa
Foundation, 2020.
https://www.res4africa.org/2020/07/15/scaling-up-africas-renewable-power/
Further reading
• Africa GreenCo feasibility study. Africa GreenCo & The Rockefeller Foundation. 2017.
http://africagreenco.com
http://africagreenco.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/AFRICA-GREENCO-
FEASIBILITY-STUDY-1.pdf
8.2 Case example: Transmission networks
Mandatory
• Linking Up- Public-Private Partnerships in Power Transmission in Africa-Executive
summary. World Bank Group. 2017. Excellent document presenting the regulatory
and business models that are needed to attract private investment in the transmission
segment of the power sector. Only the executive summary is placed under
“mandatory”
http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/energy/publication/linking-up-public-private-
partnerships-in-power-transmission-in-africa
• Grids4Africa. Position paper. July 2021. Excellent brief document presenting the
criticality of electricity networks – both transmission and distribution – to achieve
universal access and a clean energy transition. Grids4Africa is a recent initiative to
promote investment in electricity network in support of the objectives of SDG7.
https://www.res4africa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Grids4Africa_Position-
Paper-2.pdf
Suggested
• I.J. Pérez-­­Arriaga, T. Gómez, L. Olmos, M. Rivier, "Transmission and distribution
networks for a sustainable electricity supply”. Chapter in Handbook of Sustainable
Energy. Editors: Galarraga, I. et al. Edward Edgar Publishing. 2011.
(pdf is provided)
Further reading
• Linking Up- Public-Private Partnerships in Power Transmission in Africa – Full report.
World Bank Group. 2017.
http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/energy/publication/linking-up-public-private-
partnerships-in-power-transmission-in-africa
8.3 Large infrastructures in regional markets
Mandatory
• “African power pools regional energy, national power”. ECDPM, 2019. Excellent
review of the challenges facing power pools in Africa.
https://ecdpm.org/publications/african-power-pools-regional-energy-national-
power/
Suggested
• “Creating a profitable balance” RMI and TBI, 2019.
https://rmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/seed_supply_imbalance.pdf
• “Effective regulatory systems for service delivery and structural transformation in
Africa. The case of power pools.” UNECA, 2017. UN Economic Commission for Africa.
https://repository.uneca.org/handle/10855/23827
• Pérez-Arriaga, I.J. (2020). On transmission cost allocation in the West African Power
Pool (WAPP): The case of the OMVG transmission project.
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d371cb401986300013881d3/t/5fc8549a7ff
5a343ebf1eb9b/1606964388262/2020-on-transmission-cost-allocation-2.pdf
• ESMAP. Regional Power Sector Integration Lessons from Global Case Studies. 2010.
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17507
• Harnessing Africa’s Energy Resources Through Regional Infrastructure Projects. Rose,
A. et al. 2018.
(pdf is provided)
Further reading
• Eberhard, A. et al. Africa’s Power Infrastructure: investment, integration & efficiency.
2011. For this lesson read only chapter 2.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281346234_Africa's_Power_Infrastructur
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 • McKinsey. Brighter Africa-The growth potential of the sub-Saharan electricity sector.
2015.
https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/dotcom/client_service/EPNG/PDFs/
Brighter_Africa-The_growth_potential_of_the_sub-Saharan_electricity_sector.ashx
8.4 Case study on power generation in Africa
Mandatory
• Accelerating private investment in PPPs. A. Eberhard et al. Slides in the course
“Managing power sector reform and regulation course”. University of Cape Town.
October 13, 2017.
(pdf is provided)
Further reading
• Independent power projects in sub-Saharan Africa. Lessons from 5 countries.
Eberhard, A. 2016.
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/23970