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POWER Utilities Summary
POWER Utilities Summary
ADRIAN ONSARE.
HUSNI MUBARAK. A REVIEW.
STEPHEN MUSUNGU.
JAMES WASULA.
JOSHUA OTIENO.
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES.
A study of the correlation between
energy and development.
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INSTALLED CAPACITY(GW) TOTAL GENERATION (TWH)
Kenya DRC SA
WHY SSA?
Energy trading:
As mentioned, lack of diversified generation mix is major challenge in SSA.
Energy trading would open up opportunities for generation resource sharing.
Generation resource sharing would result in a diversity in the energy mix &
reduce reserve requirements.
Europe has the European energy exchange; this is an avenue for trading of
physical energy commodities and derivatives trading.
Energy trading ctd..
SSA however, only has power pools, which are a series
of bilateral agreements between countries. I.E. East
African power pool(EAPP), west African power
pool(WAPP), southern Africa power pool(SAPP),Central
African power pool(CAPP).
SAPP most advanced.
Main shortcomings of power pools are conflicting
national policies & need for significant investment in
transmission infrastructure.
Trade on power pools currently minimal- less than 1% for
EAPP, less than 7% for SAPP.
SMART TECHNOLOGIES:
Mainly smart grids and smart metering.
Important in determining accurate consumer energy
consumption & to find optimum deployment of
generation sources.
Issues non-cost reflective tariffs, billing errors and
tampering of prepaid electricity meters
KEY LESSONS
Generation.
Proper & timely planning to avert low reserve margins that would lead to load shedding.
Push kengen & IPPS to ensure better capacity utilization.
Continue diversification of energy mix to improve energy security.
Transmission & storage.
Several SSA countries but transmission lines to improve transmission coverage & entrenching
redundancy.
Need for R&D & Investment in bulk power storage to address peak loads as demand grows.
E.G. Pumped storage, compressed air storage etc.
Energy trading.
Strengthening EAPP to develop the East African energy exchange.
Financially traded energy products i.e. futures, derivatives.
DISTRIBUTION:
Distribution infrastructure direct correlation to electrification rates.
Most affected by faults, breakdowns, vandalism.
Most ssa countries have high aggregate technical, commercial & collection losses.
In ssa countries, distribution losses exceed north American & European average of
8%.
Kenya currently undertaking intensive rural electrification programed through
expanding distribution network.
Tariff structure a key comment in distribution
High tariffs can lead to cost push inflation.
Low power tariffs can make it difficult for utility companies to maintain
infrastructure.
KEY LESSONS CTD
Distribution & smart technologies.
Asset management approach: i.e. Feeder based management.
Improve smart technologies to address electricity theft & protect revenues.
Adoption of GIT transformer technology to avert vandalism.
Miscellaneous
Proper tariff control: to ensure healthy balance sheets for Kenyan utility
companies; money needed for new projects.
An effective labour relations framework should be in place to avoid labour
crises during critical times.
Ensuring political stability to avert supply disruptions.
Aggressively address corruption .
PROJECTS
4,800MW Medupi Coal Power Station-SA
39GW Expansion of the Grand Inga Hydro Scheme
500HVDC ETHIOPIA-KENYA LINK
LINK(Wolyata Sodo-Suswa substations.
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