Per capita consumption is around 0.47 toe and 435 kWh of electricity (2016). It is below the regional average.
Graph: CONSUMPTION TRENDS BY ENERGY SOURCE (Mtoe)
Total energy consumption has been increasing by 4%/year, on average, since 2000. In 2016 biomass ensured about 70% of the country's supplies, hydroelectricity 9%, oil 9% and gas 5%.
Graph: TOTAL CONSUMPTION ...
The National Directorate of New and Renewable Energy is in charge of framing policies to stimulate the use of renewables in the country's energy mix.
The country adopted the Strategy for New and Renewable Energy Development (EDENR) 2011-2025 in 2011, with the aim of developing renewables for electricity generation.
In 2015, the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) approved ...
In 2012, the Government adopted the 2013-2025 National Strategy for Climate Change (ENMC). It aims to reduce vulnerability to climate change and improve the population's living conditions. To achieve the objectives in the short term (2015-2019), the first NCCAMM action plan is being updated. In this Plan adaptation will be included as the National Adaptation Plan (NAP).
In its INDC ...
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