The Institute of Development Studies, The African Climate Foundation, and The Open University published in November 2021 a study titled "Scaling China's Green Energy Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Prospects" by Frangton Chiyemura, Wei Shen, and Yushi Chen.
The report investigates the barriers and potential solutions to scaling China's engagement with Sub-Saharan Africa's non-hydro renewable energy market. The study found that scaling of Chinese wind and solar energy projects in the region is constrained by a number of institutional, material, and discursive factors. Chinese involvement in African countries' renewable energy sector has much to do with concerns about the host country's macroeconomic performance, as well as the political climate, particularly when a sovereign guarantee is absent.
