Energy security is the sine qua non in stabilizing democracy and economic growth, and in reducing poverty and the impacts of climate change. This timely publication investigates energy security and renewable energies in sub-Saharan Africa, pointing out practical opportunities and regulatory challenges from the perspective of various African and international experts.

Table of contents and authors:

1. GERMAN-NAMIBIAN COLLABORATION IN ENERGY ISSUES, Ullrich Kinne

2. THE STATE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA – WHERE DO WE STAND, AND WHERE DO WE GO?, Zivayi Chiguvare & Theodora M. Chiguvare

3. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCREASED ENERGY ACCESS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO NAMIBIA, Zivayi Chiguvare & Helvi Ileka

4. 100% DECENTRALISED, RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR NAMIBIA, Harald Schütt

5. REEE-POWERING NAMIBIA – ENERGISING NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, Detlof von Oertzen

SECTION II: REGULATORY PATHWAYS

6. THE PATHWAY TO ENERGY LIBERATION IN NIGERIA: LESSONS FOR NAMIBIA, Yemi Oke

7. COMPARATIVE LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE POTENTIAL OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES TO PROMOTE ENERGY SECURITY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION: GERMANY, SOUTH AFRICA AND NAMIBIA, Oliver C. Ruppel & Katharina Ruppel-Schlichting

8. LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORKS FOR CLIMATE-FRIENDLY ENERGY GENERATION IN AFRICA: ENERGY SECURITY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, Elizabeth Gachenga

9. THE CURRENT STATUS OF BIOFUELS TO PROMOTE ENERGY SECURITY – LEGAL CHALLENGES AND POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA, Lena C. Plato

10. THE ROLE OF LAW IN PROMOTING RENEWABLE ENERGIES IN AFRICA, Yinka Omorogbe

SECTION III: Incentive Structures

11. LEVERAGING PRIVATE CAPITAL FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY IN NAMIBIA – A PRACTITIONER’S PERSPECTIVE, Jan Martin Witte

12. FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT PROTECTION FOR IMPROVED ENERGY SECURITY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: THE EXAMPLES OF SADC AND NAMIBIA, Oliver C. Ruppel & Frieda Shifotoka

13. FISCAL INCENTIVES TO ADVANCE THE UPTAKE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN SOUTH AFRICA, Lee-Ann Steenkamp

14. BUSH ENCROACHMENT, DE-BUSHING AND ENERGY PRODUCTION IN NAMIBIA, Lydia Mlunga & Frank Gschwender

SECTION IV: Energy Security and Energy Insecurity

15. SUSTAINABLE, COST-EFFECTIVE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND ENERGY – A REFLECTION FROM ZIMBABWE, Eddie Cross

16. WILL SOUTH AFRICA CHOOSE NUCLEAR ENERGY AS ITS FUTURE? A CHANGE OF NUCLEAR POWER CLIENTELE – BRICS INSTEAD OF OECD?, Maren Gebel

17. ENERGY INSECURITY IN AN ERA OF FOSSIL FUEL ABUNDANCE: THE UNITED STATES EXPERIENCE WITH HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FOR UNCONVENTIONAL GAS, Melissa Powers

18. REGIONAL ENERGY: INTEGRATING ENERGY FLOWS WITH GOVERNANCE, Manisha Gulati, Louise Scholtz & Firoz Khan

ANNEX: RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE Namibian COMMITTEE ON ECONOMICS, NATURAL RESOURCES AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 353