Electricity loss due to wear-and-tear of grid equipment became serious problem for Africa

February 10, 2023

One of the key problems in the energy complex of the African countries are huge electricity losses across the distribution grids. Such situation is underpinned by serious wear-and-tear of the distribution grids facilities, Andrew Amadi (Kenya), General Director of the Kenya Renewable Energy Association claimed at the second conference of the Regional to Global cycle organised by Global Energy Association in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia).

“Today a lot of generating capacities have been built, so generation is no longer a problem, however, the situation with the distribution grids is different. There are not enough of them in rural areas, and the level of wear-and-tear in them is huge. This seriously impedes electricity supplies”, he mentioned.

According to Amadi, the loss in distribution grids is achieving the level of 29% per annum. “Thus, circa 28.7% of electricity generated from June 2021 to July 2022 simply was not sold and the respective revenue was not received. These losses are really huge”, the expert highlighted.

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