Implementation of Renewable Energy Technologies in Rural Africa

Andy Ford, Issa Chaer

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Abstract

Africa enjoys some of the best solar radiation levels in the world averaging between 4-6 kWh/m2/day for most of the year and the global economic and political conditions that tend to make African countries more dependent on their own energy resources have caused growing interest in renewable energy based technologies. However to-date, implementation of modern Energy Technologies in Africa is still very low especially the use of solar conversion technologies. This paper presents literature review and analysis relating to the techno-economic feasibility of solar photovoltaic power generation in Africa. The literature is basically classified into the following four main categories. Techno-economic feasibility of solar photovoltaic power generation, design methods, performance evaluations of various systems and policy of potential future of technological development of photovoltaic (PV) in Africa by exploring the impact of alternative policy instruments and technology cost reductions on the financial viability of investing solar photovoltaic in Africa.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)446-453
JournalWorld Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
Publication statusPublished - 5 Mar 2015

Keywords

  • solar Policy,
  • Photovoltaic
  • Africa Solar Potential
  • Technologies.

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