America’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources would not be drawn this week on how the administration of President-elect Donald Trump could approach energy policy and the Africa Power Initiative in particular. However, Ambassador Mary Burce Warlick highlighted during a briefing of African journalists that the Electrify Africa Act, which supported the aims of the initiative, had received bipartisan support earlier in the year. Speaking from Washington DC on developments in US energy diplomacy in Africa, Warlick provided an update on the various initiatives being pursued across the continent, which she said were designed primarily to enable African countries to adapt to a “rapidly changing” energy market and take advantage of indigenous energy resources.
Source: www.engineeringnews.co.za
Amid policy angst, US energy diplomat points to bipartisan support for powering Africa
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