This document is subject to copyright. University of California , Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have used resource mapping tools to develop a strategy for developing renewable energy in Southern and eastern Africa . The African countries researchers analysed have abundant renewable energy resources and with the right infrastructure for placing solar and wind power , along with cross - border generation of electricity , most African countries could reduce the amount of fossil fuel and hydro ##power they needed to build , reducing infrastructure costs by billions of dollars . Choosing wind sites where generation and demand is cheaper than choosing sites with the greatest energy production , the report added .
University of California , Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have used resource mapping tools to develop a strategy for developing renewable energy in Southern and eastern Africa . The African countries researchers analysed have abundant renewable energy resources and with the right infrastructure for placing solar and wind power , along with cross - border generation of electricity , most African countries could reduce the amount of fossil fuel and hydro ##power they needed to build , reducing infrastructure costs by billions of dollars . Choosing wind sites where generation and demand is cheaper than choosing sites with the greatest energy production , the report added .