Pandemic will help Africa to leapfrog to clean energy
Structural vulnerabilities of fossil fuel-dependent economies have been revealed and amplified by Covid-19
Concerns that the Covid-19 pandemic could put clean energy on the back burner appear to be unfounded. Experts forecast that clean energy technologies will account for 40% of global energy generation in 2020 and that, far from slowing down the shift, the pandemic is boosting it by further exposing the shortcomings of fossil fuels.
This is according to research commissioned by Bowmans and conducted by Stellenbosch University’s Centre for Complex Centres in Transition. The research shows how the deep-seated structural vulnerabilities of fossil fuel-dependent economies have been revealed and amplified by the Covid-19 pandemic...
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