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Linking solar and wind power in eastern Africa with operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will be hugely beneficial to Ethiopia, but has raised tensions with neighbouring countries that rely on flow from the Blue Nile. Sterl et al. present scenarios for dam operation coupled with solar and wind power generation that could mitigate some of these concerns.

Sebastian Sterl
Dalia Fadly
Wim Thiery
Research08 Apr 2021
Nature Energy

Volume: 6, P: 407-418
A global water database for the energy transition

To advance the energy transition, we must improve energy models by accurately representing hydropower. This demands political and institutional commitment to establish harmonized, authoritative databases on river flow and dam design that are currently lacking.

Sebastian Sterl
Comments & Opinion26 Sept 2025
Nature Water

Volume: 3, P: 1083-1084
Half a degree and rapid socioeconomic development matter for heatwave risk

Climate extremes, exposure and vulnerability all contribute to global difference in heatwave risk. Here the authors investigated the inequality in global heatwave risk under both 1.5 and 2 °C scenarios and found that heatwave risk for the poor under 1.5 °C scenario exceeds that risk for the rich under 2 °C scenario.

Simone Russo
Jana Sillmann
Brian O’Neill
ResearchOpen Access11 Jan 2019
Nature Communications

Volume: 10, P: 1-9
Smart renewable electricity portfolios in West Africa

A smart management of hydropower, combined with solar and wind energy, can provide the flexibility needed to power West Africa and at cheaper cost than using natural gas, according to a simulation model.

Sebastian Sterl
Inne Vanderkelen
Wim Thiery
Research25 May 2020
Nature Sustainability

Volume: 3, P: 710-719
Author Correction: Africa needs context-relevant evidence to shape its clean energy future

Yacob Mulugetta
Youba Sokona
Abdulmutalib Yussuff
Amendments and Corrections17 May 2024
Nature Energy

Volume: 9, P: 907
Africa needs context-relevant evidence to shape its clean energy future

Discussions abound regarding the future of African energy systems, yet they typically overlook the different starting points and development objectives of each country. This Perspective highlights these differences and calls for more context-specific attention to define low-carbon energy pathways.

Yacob Mulugetta
Youba Sokona
Abdulmutalib Yussuff
Reviews24 Oct 2022
Nature Energy

Volume: 7, P: 1015-1022
An all-Africa dataset of energy model “supply regions” for solar photovoltaic and wind power

Sebastian Sterl
Bilal Hussain
Daniel Russo
ResearchOpen Access31 Oct 2022
Scientific Data

Volume: 9, P: 1-12

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Linking solar and wind power in eastern Africa with operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

A global water database for the energy transition

Half a degree and rapid socioeconomic development matter for heatwave risk

Smart renewable electricity portfolios in West Africa

Author Correction: Africa needs context-relevant evidence to shape its clean energy future

Africa needs context-relevant evidence to shape its clean energy future

An all-Africa dataset of energy model “supply regions” for solar photovoltaic and wind power

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