Terje Osmundsen provides key to answering this question through an analysis of the recently published EIA Africa Energy Outlook 2019 and based on his findings and discussions on the ground at the latest energy conference in Lagos, Nigeria in November.

Despite a burgeoning renewable energy industry across Africa, and numerous projects of all sizes becoming operational, gas will inevitably remain an important component of the Africa’s energy mix in the future. And somewhat surprisingly, coal keeps rising.

This article was first published on the Energi og Klima website on 17 November 2019 and can be read here.