Diffusion forecast for grid-tied rooftop solar photovoltaic technology under store-on grid scheme model in Sub-Saharan Africa: Government role assessment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Mukisa ◽  
Ramon Zamora ◽  
Tek Tjing Lie
Keyword(s):  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Government Role ◽  
Grid Scheme ◽  
Photovoltaic Technology ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Rooftop Solar

scholarly journals Mapping of affordability levels for photovoltaic-based electricity generation in the solar belt of sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and South Asia

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sándor Szabó ◽  
Irene Pinedo Pascua ◽  
Daniel Puig ◽  
Magda Moner-Girona ◽  
Mario Negre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Electricity Generation ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Term Operation ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
High Level ◽  
Do So

AbstractLack of access to modern forms of energy hampers efforts to reduce poverty. The provision of electricity to off-grid communities is therefore a long-standing developmental goal. Yet, many off-grid electrification projects neglect mid- and long-term operation and maintenance costs. When this is the case, electricity services are unlikely to be affordable to the communities that are the project’s primary target. Here we show that, compared with diesel-powered electricity generation systems, solar photovoltaic systems are more affordable to no less than 36% of the unelectrified populations in East Asia, South Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. We do so by developing geo-referenced estimates of affordability at a high level of resolution (1 km2). The analysis illustrates the differences in affordability that may be found at the subnational level, which underscores that electrification investments should be informed by subnational data.

Joint design of floating solar plant and dam operating policies for waterborne epidemics control: an assessment on the Kariba dam

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Amaranto ◽  
Andrea Castelletti
Keyword(s):  
Reservoir Operation ◽  
Control Measure ◽  
Energy Generation ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Lake Area ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Capital Costs ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Photovoltaic Plant

<p>With more than 200 dams currently under construction in the Sub-Saharan region, hydropower is expected to dominate the African renewable energy market in the coming decades. Even though the construction of new dams has been widely recognized as a key factor in promoting energy security, damming rivers also augments the volume of stagnant water, inevitably enhancing the transmission of malaria by creating new vector breeding habitats. The interdependence between large dams and malaria transmission constitutes an extremely critical public health challenge in Africa. Nowadays, managing drawdown rates into reservoir operation as a malaria control measure appears a viable solution to reduce the spread of the virus near large reservoirs, notwithstanding undesirable outcomes in terms of hydropower generation. In this regard, recent technological developments in the field of floating solar photovoltaic installations open the path for flexible hydropower operation by boosting photovoltaic energy generation using the same electricity transmission infrastructure. The aim of this study is to propose an integrated framework, where the optimal floating solar sizing and reservoir operations are jointly designed for minimizing malaria diffusion without compromising the ability of the energy sector to fulfill energy demands. The framework employs Evolutionary Multiobjective Direct Policy Search into a novel approach to floating solar photovoltaic size planning, which internalizes the operation design problem. The potential of the proposed framework is tested in the Zambezi river basin, where the Kariba dam is mainly operated for hydropower production, with considerable negative health effects in the proximity of the reservoir. Numerical results show that design alternatives coupling reservoir operation with floating solar photovoltaic largely dominates pure management solutions in terms of malaria spread and energy generation. Besides, the relatively limited (from 0.2 to 1.5% of the total lake area) optimal extent of the photovoltaic plant highlights the potential economic benefits of increasing the penetration of this technology in Sub-Saharan Africa, with capital costs balanced by boosted energy income within the first seven years from the initial investment.</p>

scholarly journals Integrated Sustainable Energy for Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Machinga Boma in Malawi

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (19) ◽  
pp. 6330
Author(s):  
Juliana O. Eko ◽  
Manosh C. Paul
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Optimal System ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Solar Irradiation ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Access Rate ◽  
Sub Saharan

Nearly 60% of the population of sub-Saharan Africa still live without access to electricity. Comparing the access rate of the countries in the region, Malawi ranks as one of the least electrified, with electricity available to only 14.6% of its population, as of 2018. This issue makes Malawi the case study of this research and poses the research question, “How can the low electricity access rate in Malawi be addressed?”. To address this research question, possible off grid, integrated, sustainable energy systems based on locally available energy resources—solar, wind, and diesel—are proposed. The multiyear and sensitivity analysis function of HOMER Pro microgrid simulation software is used to analyze the off grid performance of the proposed combinations of diesel generators, wind turbines, solar Photovoltaics, and battery storage, in providing power for an estimate of 400 households and nonresidential outlets in Machinga Boma, a community in the Southern region of Malawi. Based on the analysis, the Solar Photovoltaic/Diesel Genset/battery system combination consisting of 750 kWp solar Photovoltaic array, 460 kW (575 kVA) diesel generator and 3000 kWh nominal capacity battery bank is shown to be the most optimal system, with an overall energy cost of $0.339/kWh. Under the imposed design constraints and the sensitivity analysis performed to analyze the impact of changing the base fuel price, varying load growth, changing solar irradiation, and wind levels on the system performance, the most optimal system remained the preferred system choice.

scholarly journals Suitability mapping framework for solar photovoltaic pumps for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 41-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Schmitter ◽  
Kefyalew S. Kibret ◽  
Nicole Lefore ◽  
Jennie Barron
Keyword(s):  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals A review on the recent progress made on solar photovoltaic in selected countries of sub-Saharan Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 441-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullahi Abubakar Mas’ud ◽  
Asan Vernyuy Wirba ◽  
Firdaus Muhammad-Sukki ◽  
Ricardo Albarracín ◽  
Siti Hawa Abu-Bakar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Recent Progress ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Sub Saharan
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