La rente hydroélectrique en Afrique

Yris Fondja Wandji and Jules Sadefo Kamdem
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Abstract: The main goal of this study is to estimate the potential economic rent generated in the African hydropower sector. To this end, the methodology used is to calculate the rent as the difference between optimized total costs of two hypothetical systems: one with hydropower and the other without hydropower. Of course, our results depend on a number of key parameters of the electricity industry. Our calculation gives a value of 2 $/MWh of hydropower rent. Thus, developing hydropower in Africa does not only provide surplus return for countries with significant potential, but it is also a source of revenue for all other hydropower importing countries. This calls for joint implementation of projects.

Keywords: Rente économique; Hydroélectricité; Afrique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-11-15
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Published in 10èmes journées thématiques de la FAERE en Guyane, French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Nov 2018, Cayenne (Guyane), French Guiana

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