Africa: Wind Best Option to Boost Energy Supply-Experts

Participants at the 2012 African Economic Conference (EAC) have been told to encourage investment in wind and other forms of renewable energy to increase access to electricity among Africans. Presenting a paper on wind energy development, Emelly Mutambatsere an expert with the African Development Bank, said that Africa is faced with the challenge of generating more power to meet existing and future demand with over half a billion people in the continent with no access to electricity. But despite the daunting gap, Mutambatsere noted that for many countries, an opportunity exists to enhance energy production in a clean and sustainable manner because the continent is well endowed with renewable energy resources