New Book in CGEP Series Chronicles Qatar’s Rise as a Global Energy Powerhouse
The Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University SIPA is excited to announce the publication of From Black Gold to Frozen Gas: How Qatar Became an...
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Quality of electricity service remains poor in many developing countries.
Dams are a major source of electricity globally, with hydropower generating 16 percent of the world’s total electricity and 71 percent of all renewable electricity in 2016. Many developing countries possess great untapped hydropower potential. Sub-Saharan Africa, for example, is estimated to have tapped less than 8 percent of its hydropower potential.
Driven by decades of aggressive government policy, renewable electricity generation has grown rapidly.