A sustainable energy portfolio for Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area towards the mid-century
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Date
2022
Authors
Kimuli, Ismail
Lubwama, Michael
Kirabira, John Bosco
Sebbit, Adam
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Publisher
Heliyon
Abstract
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.
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Keywords
Sustainability, GKMA-TIMES model, Low-carbon development, Scenario planning
Citation
Kimuli, I., Lubwama, M., Kirabira, J. B., & Sebbit, A. (2022). A sustainable energy portfolio for Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area towards the mid-century. Heliyon, e11452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11452