Energy landscape in Mauritius

Surroop, Dinesh; Raghoo, Pravesh

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2017.01.175

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“…This low potential is also due to the minor variability of the topography throughout the three islands of the archipelago. As shown in Figure 6, the wind profiles of the three islands are very different, and the mean power density for the top 10% windiest areas is 173 W/m 2 with a mean wind speed of 1.81 m/s, which is lower than that of other areas in the region such as Mauritius (471 W/m 2 and 8 m/s, respectively) [32,44]. Thus, wind energy should be a supplementary resource and not an important investment for the diversification of electricity sources.…”

Section: Wind Energymentioning

confidence: 92%

“…The electricity sector of the Comoros must develop critical strategies to address issues in financing, management and governance that continue to hinder the development of renewable energies in spite of their high potential, particularly with regard to the rural electricity supply. Compared with other islands throughout in the Indian Ocean, such as Mauritius [32], Madagascar [33] and Reunion [24], the proportion of renewable energy in the Comoros is nearly non-existent (see Table 1). Access Outlook report [3] indicated that nearly 90% of households rely on either wood or charcoal.…”

Section: Energy Sector In the Comorosmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Comoros’s energy review for promoting renewable energy sources

Praene¹,

Fakra²,

Benard³

et al. 2021

Renewable Energy

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At present, energy represents a key element in the social and economic development of a territory. This is particularly true for fragile territories that are not interconnected, such as small island states. As is true for many of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) worldwide, the energy situation of the Comoros is substantially based on fossil fuel imports. The socioeconomic development of this archipelago is overwhelmingly dependent on energy security from sustainability, availability and affordability perspectives. As a forward-looking response to energy vulnerability, the deployment of renewables to diversify the generation of electricity appears to be an essential prerequisite for guaranteeing a sustainable future. Nevertheless, despite a high potential for renewable energy, only 3.8% of the electricity supply in the Comoros is provided by hydropower. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the energy situation throughout the Comoros and focuses on renewable energy opportunities to facilitate the supply of green power. This study ultimately shows that renewable energies are rarely exploited despite the powerful potential of different resources. Finally, this paper attempts to provide recommendations for the Comoros to pursue a more sustainable future.

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Section: Wind Energymentioning

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Comoros’s energy review for promoting renewable energy sources

Praene¹,

Fakra²,

Benard³

et al. 2021

Renewable Energy

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“…Mauritius is a developing island nation located east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. This island nation is known for as one of the highest growing economy in sub-Saharan Africa with GDP growth of 3.5% at 2015, with 100% electrification rate supplied by a mix of renewable and non-renewable sources [95]. In current state, Mauritius has its energy generated mainly from fossil fuels at around 77%, sugarcane bagasse at 17%, and other renewable sources, making sugarcane bagasse the largest renewable energy source in the country [95,96].…”

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“…This island nation is known for as one of the highest growing economy in sub-Saharan Africa with GDP growth of 3.5% at 2015, with 100% electrification rate supplied by a mix of renewable and non-renewable sources [95]. In current state, Mauritius has its energy generated mainly from fossil fuels at around 77%, sugarcane bagasse at 17%, and other renewable sources, making sugarcane bagasse the largest renewable energy source in the country [95,96]. Similar to Brazil, sugarcane production in Mauritius is considered as one of the main strongest in their economy, where in 2015 the production of sugarcane reached over 4 million tonnes, with subsequent sugar production of 366,070 tonnes [97].…”

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Review on Conversion of Lignin Waste into Value-Added Resources in Tropical Countries

Lim

Yusup

Loy

et al. 2020

Waste Biomass Valor

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The potential of lignin is huge mainly in refining into biofuels and useful chemicals. Tropical countries have large reserve of biomass; however, lignin is underutilized. Hence, this paper aims to evaluate the lignin potential from biomass and current utilization level in tropical countries such as Brazil, Africa, and Southeast Asia. This paper relevant information is derived from multiple sources, included papers from ISI and Scopus indexed journals, international databases, and online patent search engine. In short, Brazil, has the largest lignin potential, mainly from sugarcane industry, and the highest lignin utilization level at TRL8. Africa had limited information and the least reported amount of studies on biomass available in the studied regions. Southeast Asia countries have oil palm and sugarcane as their largest lignin sources, and a TRL4 lignin utilization level. In Malaysia, oil palm refinery residues are the largest sources of lignin, which are readily to be extracted and processed into value-added products. Lignin utilization industry is also supported by some government policies. In this case, integrated biorefinery is a promising approach in achieving feasible conversion and utilization of lignin in Malaysia, where it adds value to various agricultures wastes produced, while also reducing the waste disposal problems.

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“…Most of the SIDS have established RE goals by a certain time period (except Papua New Guinea) (Dornan, 2014(Dornan, ). 2015MEPU, 2009;Surroop and Raghoo, 2017;Wolf et al, 2017). A wind farm has recently started but there is still a long way to go to achieve targets.…”

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Dimensions of energy security in Small Island Developing States

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For any Small Island Developing States (SIDS) that imports oil, energy security is very important and is dealt with seriousness. This paper attempts to look at the gap in the literature and to identify the dimensions on which a secure and sustainable supply of energy depend in SIDS. Seven dimensions were identified which offer a framework for conceptualising and/or assessing key energy security dimensions in small island nations which are import dependent; energy prices; climate change and resilience; governance; infrastructure; equity; and energy efficiency. This article provides recommendations of selected strategies and actions to improve energy security in SIDS. Keywords Small Islands developing States (SIDS); Energy security; Strategies up with the Oil Vulnerability Index (OVI), ex-ante and ex-post indicators by Löschel et al. (2010) and the Aggregated Energy Security Performance Indicator (AESPI) by Marchamadol and Kumar, 2013 among other researchers. Research on energy security in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) member states (see Table 1 for list) is of high relevance as they are net energy importers and are intricated by unique geographic, demographic, economic and environmental challenges (Blancard and Hoarau, 2013; UNEP, 2014). SIDS are geographically located in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and South China Sea (AIMS), Caribbean and Pacific regions. The total population in the SIDS in this study is around 61,516,000 with the largest share in the Caribbean which represents 65% followed by Pacific with 18% and AIMS 17% (World Bank, 2017). However, research on energy security in SIDS is in its infancy and this study is the first of its kind to come up with relevant indicators of energy security applicable to island states. There

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Energy landscape in Mauritius

Cited by 34 publications

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Comoros’s energy review for promoting renewable energy sources

Comoros’s energy review for promoting renewable energy sources

Review on Conversion of Lignin Waste into Value-Added Resources in Tropical Countries

Dimensions of energy security in Small Island Developing States

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