A sustainable energy portfolio for Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area towards the mid-century

With steadfast economic development, the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA) faces increasing pressures to raise low-carbon electricity in the energy consumption by fuel type, abate CO2 emissions, and also restructure transportation for sustainability. GKMA is Uganda’s capital with rampant anth...

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Published in:Heliyon 2022-11, Vol.8 (11), p.e11452-e11452, Article e11452
Main Authors: Kimuli, Ismail, Lubwama, Michael, Kirabira, John Bosco, Sebbit, Adam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
anthropogenic activities
capital
carbon dioxide
climate change
economic development
electric power
electricity
fuels
GKMA-TIMES model
Low-carbon development
metropolitan areas
power generation
primary energy
Review
Scenario planning
Sustainability
transportation
Uganda
water power
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Summary:With steadfast economic development, the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA) faces increasing pressures to raise low-carbon electricity in the energy consumption by fuel type, abate CO2 emissions, and also restructure transportation for sustainability. GKMA is Uganda’s capital with rampant anthropogenic interference that causes climate change. A sustainable energy portfolio is a low-carbon scenario endowed with CO2 emissions abatement strategies for GKMA towards 2050. Using TIMES-VEDA to address the knowledge gap, the study develops and examines a sustainable energy portfolio for GKMA. TIMES-VEDA is an engineering model generator with a bottom-up approach, paying in-depth attention to low-carbon themes while optimizing energy management systems. The analysis shows that sustainability is plausible by optimizing the total primary energy supply, electrical power production from PV-solar & hydropower technologies, and switching 90% of passengers of the road category to the Kampala metro. Sustainability; GKMA-TIMES model; Low-carbon development; Scenario planning.
ISSN:2405-8440
2405-8440
DOI:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11452