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

Szabó, S.; Pascua, Irene; Puig, Daniel; Moner‐Girona, Magda; Negre, Mario; Huld, Thomas; Mulugetta, Yacob; Kougias, Ioannis; Szabó, László; Kammen, Daniel M.

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“…Since some PV-DEI indicators are also available at high resolution, we additionally use this to perform an economic and technological analysis to evaluate the potential market for decentralised energy investment. The uncertainty of geospatial data aggregated at country level and how the accuracy can affect the results has been analysed in a number of previous studies [10,[37][38][39][40]. The analyses showed the usefulness of adding remote sense data to mitigate uncertainties derived from the existing data gaps and to reduce the inaccuracies due to fragmented data coverage.…”

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A Multidimensional High-Resolution Assessment Approach to Boost Decentralised Energy Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa

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There are over 650 million people in Africa who have no access to electricity; this is in sharp contrast to the continent's vast untapped renewable energy potential and due largely to the historical lack of investments in energy infrastructure. New investments in decentralised power generation within Sub-Saharan Africa play a progressively important role in increasing energy access and addressing the continent's electricity supply shortages. Tracking the performance of Sub-Saharan African countries along various socio-political and economic axes can spur the mobilisation of private, public and international sectors in investing in decentralised energy technologies. An increasing amount of high-resolution global spatial data are available, and used for various assessments. However, key multidimensional indicators are mainly still provided only at the national level. To this end, we present a comprehensive and consistent analysis of the attractiveness for decentralised photovoltaic technologies at an unprecedented level of detail using both high-resolution spatial data and national reports. We develop and build a new composite indicator that considers the interplay between social, political, environmental and financial factors at a granular regional level for Sub-Saharan Africa and embeds within it the importance of the local production costs at high-spatial resolution.

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A Multidimensional High-Resolution Assessment Approach to Boost Decentralised Energy Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa

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“…Such factors make solar power an attractive option in resource-constrained settings and can make it an affordable option in many communities. 23,24 This study focuses on modular solar PV systems (including battery energy storage) as a fast, cost-effective, clean, and reliable solution to supply the power needed in health centers serving Africa's rural communities.…”

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“…Despite the fact that the model focuses on sustainable rural electrification, we used location-specific estimates of the relative electricity costs (USD/kWh) of solar photovoltaic versus diesel. The methodology used for this comparison is explained step by step in previous publications, 23,24,83 where the generation cost of electricity that relies on solar photovoltaics is compared with that of diesel. Figure 16 shows the results of the analysis when comparing the differences between the diesel and PV production costs: the minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum of all NEA health centers per country.…”

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Achieving universal electrification of rural healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa with decentralized renewable energy technologies

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Effective strategies for financing the electrification of healthcare remain a challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. In this study, Moner-Girona et al. identify a large gap in the electrification of healthcare facilities, and they show that decentralized photovoltaic systems can offer a clean, reliable, quick, and cost-effective solution. These findings provide a bottom-up geographic information system (GIS) framework for policy makers, researchers, consultants, and other stakeholders bridging two elements of the sustainable development goals: ''energy for all'' (SDG7) and ''healthcare for all'' (SDG3).

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“…https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82638-x . [23] Data accessibility https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/collection/id-0076 Related research article Moner-Girona, M., Bender, A., Becker, W., Bódis, K., Szabó, S., Kararach, A.G., and Anadon, L.D, A multidimensional high-resolution assessment approach to boost decentralised energy investments in Sub-Saharan Africa, Renew Sustain Energy Rev, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111282 …”

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Dataset for multidimensional assessment to incentivise decentralised energy investments in Sub-Saharan Africa

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In this data article, we present datasets from the construction of a composite indicator, the Photovoltaic Decentralised Energy Investment (PV-DEI) index, presented in detail in [1] . This article consists of a comprehensive energy-related data collected in practice from several sources, and from the outputs of the methodology described in [1] . The PV-DEI was designed and developed to measure the multidimensional factors that currently direct decentralised renewable energy investments. The PV-DEI index includes 52 indicators and was constructed because factors stimulating investment cannot be captured by a single indicator, e.g. competitiveness, affordability, or governance [1] . The PV-DEI index was built in alignment with a theoretical framework guided by an extensive review of the literature surrounding investment in decentralised Photovoltaic (PV), which led to the selection of its indicators. The structure of the PV-DEI was evaluated for its soundness using correlational assessments and principal component analyses (PCA). The raw data provided in this article can enable stakeholders to focus on specific country indicators, and how scores on these indicators contributed to a countries overall rank within the PV-DEI index. The data can be used to weight indicators depending on the specifications of several different stakeholders (such as NGOs, private sector or international institutions).

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

Cited by 34 publications

References 24 publications

A Multidimensional High-Resolution Assessment Approach to Boost Decentralised Energy Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa

A Multidimensional High-Resolution Assessment Approach to Boost Decentralised Energy Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa

Achieving universal electrification of rural healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa with decentralized renewable energy technologies

Dataset for multidimensional assessment to incentivise decentralised energy investments in Sub-Saharan Africa

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