The African Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) announced at the outset of the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris, that it aims to achieve 10 GW of new renewable energy by 2020 and mobilize the potential to generate 300 GW by the end of the following decade. The initiative is driven by African countries and represents a part of their contribution to the global efforts on climate change and eliminating the continent’s energy poverty.
The AREI initiative is aimed at aiding African nations embrace low-carbon development strategies while creating jobs, improving energy security and bringing clean, safe and affordable energy to the continent. The initiative could have the power to transform Africa’s energy mix and grow its countries’ economies.