HEAT MAPS

The report identifies 'high-impact' countries critical to achieving universal sustainable energy access. It highlights that 85% of people lacking clean cooking fuels live in 20 high-impact countries and 80% of those without electricity reside in 20 high-impact nations, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. While some countries like India, Bangladesh, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda have enabling policy environments, many others lack the regulatory frameworks and creditworthy utilities needed to attract investment. The report also notes that global energy efficiency improvements (2.1% annually in 2012-14) are below the 2.6% target, and doubling the renewable energy share in the global mix by 2030 requires a rise from 18.3% to 36% of Total Final Energy Consumption.

• In 2014, 3.04 billion people lacked access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, with approximately 85 percent of this population residing in 20 high-impact countries.
• Global electricity access showed slight improvement between 2012 and 2014, with 1.06 billion people lacking access in 2014 compared to 1.1 billion in 2012. To meet 2030 objectives, the global access rate must increase from 0.19 percent to 0.92 percent annually from 2015-30.
• There is a significant divide between urban and rural electricity access; in 2014, the urban access rate was 96.3 percent, while the rural rate was 73.0 percent. In rural Africa, electrification access is lagging behind population growth.
• Among the 20 high-impact countries for electrification, only five—Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda—provide widespread policy support for energy access. Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the least developed policy environments for this purpose.
• Global primary energy intensity improved by 2.1 percent annually between 2012 and 2014, which is below the SEforALL objective of a 2.6 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for 2010-30. Consequently, the target rate for 2014-30 has increased to 2.8 percent per year.
• To double the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030, the share must increase from 18.3 percent of Total Final Energy Consumption (TFEC) in 2014 to 36 percent.
• Renewable energy targets are nearly universal, with 93 percent of countries covered by Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE) having some form of public commitment.
• China has invested more in renewable energy than any other country; between 2010 and 2015, its investments in solar, wind, geothermal, small hydropower, and biomass reached $377 billion, exceeding the combined investments of the United States and Germany.
• Reaching universal energy access at tier 5 (full grid power) by 2030 would require annual finance to increase five-fold to approximately $50 billion.

APA

Sustainable Energy for All (2017). HEAT MAPS. https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2020-09/Heat-Maps-SEforALL.pdf

Chicago

Sustainable Energy for All. HEAT MAPS. 2017. https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2020-09/Heat-Maps-SEforALL.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{sustainableenergyforall2017heat, author = {{Sustainable Energy for All}}, title = {{HEAT MAPS}}, institution = {Sustainable Energy for All}, year = {2017}, url = {https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2020-09/Heat-Maps-SEforALL.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }