Prospects and Constraints to Attaining Universal Access to Modern Energy in Malawi: A Review

Hope Baxter Chamdimba; Gad Reuben Mugagga; Elias Ako

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Prospects and Constraints to Attaining Universal Access to Modern Energy in Malawi: A Review

Hope Baxter Chamdimba, Gad Reuben Mugagga, Elias Ako

Published in International Journal of Sustainable and Green Energy (Volume 10, Issue 1)

Received: 3 February 2021 Accepted: 10 February 2021 Published: 26 February 2021

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Abstract

The Malawi Government regards energy as a life blood of the economy and as such a number of national policy documents have emphasized energy as one of the national priority areas that demand urgent intervention by the government and stakeholders. There is also a consensus that ensuring universal access to modern energy in an energy deficit country will also help improve living standards of people in line with national and global goals. Through a 2018 National Energy Policy, Malawi effectively domesticated the Sustainable Development Goal Seven and the Sustainable Energy for All objectives which among others seek to ensure universal access to modern energy by the year 2030. However, now in the last decade of the 2030 agenda, the country is not yet on the path to achieving the universal access to energy goal despite of having numerous opportunities for reversing the energy poverty trends. Doing a post-mortem is of essence in order to determine prospects and constraints to achievement of the national energy goals and objectives regarding universal access to modern energy. Therefore, this paper seeks to discuss the status of energy access to modern energy in the country, the prospects and constraints in relation to energy policy, regulatory environment, institutional capacity, energy resource, capital investment, technology and human resource.

Published in	International Journal of Sustainable and Green Energy (Volume 10, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijrse.20211001.14
Page(s)	19-27
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Keywords

Energy Constraints, Energy Prospects, Malawi, Modern Energy, Universal Access

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Hope Baxter Chamdimba, Gad Reuben Mugagga, Elias Ako. Prospects and Constraints to Attaining Universal Access to Modern Energy in Malawi: A Review. Int J Sustain Green Energy. 2021;10(1):19-27. doi: 10.11648/j.ijrse.20211001.14

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Hope Baxter Chamdimba

Energy Resources Department, Ndata School of Climate and Earth Sciences, Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST), Thyolo, Malawi
Gad Reuben Mugagga

Energy Technology Department, School of Engineering, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
Elias Ako

Energy Technology Department, School of Engineering, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

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