@article{fdi:010087782,
  title = {{R}ecent trends in urban electricity consumption for cooling in {W}est and {C}entral {A}frican countries},
  author = {{K}ondi-{A}kara, {G}. and {H}ingray, {B}. and {F}rancois, {B}. and {D}iedhiou, {A}rona},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}hanks to a new non-stationary analytical framework, we estimate the factors that explain the day-to-day and long-term variability of the per-capita electricity consumption in twelve cities of {W}est and {C}entral {A}frica, especially its sensitivity to weather. {W}hatever the local climate, temperature is an important driver and explains from 25% to 70% of the variability. {T}he percentage contribution of temperature to the annual consumption is often greater than 20%. {A}ir humidity is another important factor, especially in {S}ahelian cities where its seasonality is large. {I}t explains up to 6.8% of day-to-day consumption variability in {D}akar. {T}he thermal sensitivity is significantly lower than that in {OECD} countries but when normalized by the base consumption, it is similar. {E}ach additional degree of temperature produces a 3-4% increase in the base consumption in {M}indelo and {D}akar, 6-10% in most {S}ahelian and tropical cities. {T}he percentage consumption increase induced by air humidity can be also significant: in {S}ahelian and some tropical cities, a 10% increase in air humidity roughly corresponds to 70% of the percentage consumption increase induced by a 1 degrees {C} increase in temperature (30-90% depending on the city). {F}or most cities, the base consumption and the normalized weather sensitivities are significantly increasing over time, making the electricity demand behavior highly non-stationary.},
  keywords = {{A}frica ; {E}lectricity load ; {W}eather sensitivity ; {E}nergy consumption ; {T}emperature ; {H}umidity ; {T}rends ; {AFRIQUE} {DE} {L}'{OUEST} ; {AFRIQUE} {CENTRALE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}nergy},
  volume = {276},
  numero = {},
  pages = {127597 [12 p.]},
  ISSN = {0360-5442},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.energy.2023.127597},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010087782},
}