Opportunities and challenges to rural renewable energy projects in Africa: Lessons from the Esaghem Village, Cameroon solar electrification project

Njoh, Ambe J.; Etta, Simon; Ngyah-Etchutambe, Ijang B.; Enomah, Lucy E.D.; Tabrey, Hans T.; Essia, Uwem

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2018.07.092

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“…The purchased equipment is shipped to the regions for installation performed by one company under a contract with the national [14,31].…”

Section: Results Of Bahir Dar Orientationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A community-based specializes in PV-based rural electri cation, and its social bene ts were conducted through community elders, students, and women. Additionally, critical informative interviews and observations were made about these four-speci c training kebeles [14,31]. The results show that almost all of the main target group participants were satis ed with the system because they'd charge their mobile phones, watch TV, worship, and lightly clean the electricity; we saw that many were surprised by the electricity.…”

Section: Impact Of Pv-based Electri Cation and Its Social Bene Tsmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Study Solar Energy Usage and Evaluation Activities around Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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2021

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Although solar energy is abundant, accessible, affordable, and ecologically and environmentally friendly, in rural Ethiopia, the majority of Households are still using pollutant kerosene for lighting. The researcher assess factors that influence dissemination activities, like solar PV installation practices, house and institutional system distribution strategies, system failures, and their causes. Additionally, The researcher analyzed the impact of PV orientation, comparing the simulation results currently performed by the PVsyst software with different angles observed during the sphere survey. This made it possible to influence the dissemination activity factors and, therefore, the best orientation. The study also assessed how access to alter, maintenance, lack of public awareness building, institutional problems, tariffs, and lack of a market could affect PV system access and large-scale distribution. To distribute a sufficient amount of solar PV across the country, this study recommends that consideration of distribution impact factors be considered in the most negligible levels to realize maximum results. The PV system could be a tilt at angles of 160 and 00 azimuths; supported by this method, the PV system can collect a mean of 5.36 kW/m2daily, which implies 1929.6 kW/m2/year. This was the vision that the researcher wish to possess a sustainable supply of energy within the country and reduce emissions from biomass.Thus, adapting standard design practices of mathematical formulas, experimental and PVsyst methods through numerical simulation is critical to identifying ways to enhance the efficiency and reliability of stand-alone PV power systems for further practicality within the region.

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“…The purchased equipment is shipped to the regions for installation performed by one company under a contract with the national [14,31].…”

Section: Results Of Bahir Dar Orientationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Impact Of Pv-based Electri Cation and Its Social Bene Tsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Study Solar Energy Usage and Evaluation Activities around Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Bezabih¹

2021

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“…Globally, extensive opportunities exist for the development of wind energy. In literature, growing energy demand (Adaramola, 2017;Ouedraogo, 2019;Oyedepo et al, 2012;Peidong et al, 2009;Zafar, 2020), energy security (Balat, 2005;Hamed et al, 2012;Peidong et al, 2009;Van Kooten and Timilsina, 2008), energy sector reforms (Dorrell and Lee, 2020;Chaurasiya et al, 2019;Zhang, 2019;Zhang et al, 2016), and environmental quality (Adaramola, 2017;Chaurasiya et al, 2019;Hamed et al, 2012;Njoh et al, 2019;Ortega-Izquierdo and del Rı´o, 2020;Zafar, 2020) are the cross-cutting opportunities. We note that the main challenges to wind energy development relate to technical limitations (Adaramola, et al 2014;Berrezzek et al, 2019;Mustapa et al, 2010;Paul et al, 2012), finance and cost (Bos et al, 2018;Mustapa et al,2010;Ouedraogo, 2019;Ohunakin et al, 2013;Pueyo;2018;Rehmatulla et al, 2017), infrastructure (Bos et al, 2018;Dio´genes et al, 2020;Chaurasiya et al, 2019;Hamed et al, 2012;Ouedraogo, 2019), and unsupportive policies (Boie et al, 2016;Dio´genes et al, 2020;Pueyo, 2018).…”

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“…Pursuant to climate change effects (Adaramola, 2017;Adaramola and Oyewola, 2011;Chaurasiya et al, 2019;Njoh et al, 2019;Zafar, 2020), countries are progressively mainstreaming clean energy technologies into their national energy policies because CO 2 , once released into the atmosphere, persists for an estimated 100 years. Thus, the gains of reducing CO 2 discharges now are expected to span over a century into the future.…”

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“…This transformation depends, among other factors, on the diversity and reliability of a nation's energy resources. Wind power inclusive, expanding the share of renewable energy in an economy's energy mix propels economic growth (Adeyemi and Asere, 2014;Ateba and Prinsloo, 2018;IRENA, 2014;Ortega-Izquierdo and del Rı´o, 2020;Zafar et al, 2020;Zhang et al, 2016), creates jobs (Bos et al, 2018;GWEC, 2017;Ortega-Izquierdo and del Rı´o, 2020;World Bank, 2020), and enhances environmental quality (Adaramola, 2017;Chaurasiya et al, 2019;Njoh et al, 2019;Zafar et al, 2020). Empirical evidence demonstrates that wind energy forms part of clean energy and promises a huge potential toward the world's energy security (Adaramola, 2017;GWEC, 2017;IEA, 2017;Ortega-Izquierdo and del Rı´o, 2020;Peidong et al, 2009;Van Kooten and Timilsina, 2008).…”

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Assessing wind energy development in Uganda: Opportunities and challenges

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In this paper, we utilize a systematic review to assess opportunities and challenges in wind energy development in Uganda. Apart from being an environmentally friendly and renewable energy resource, development of wind energy could boosts economic growth and creates jobs. For Uganda, rising energy demand, need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and increasing electricity access to rural areas, emerge as rational opportunities to invest in wind energy. The main obstacles to wind energy development in Uganda are insufficient wind resource data, high initial investment cost, inadequate research and development, weak infrastructure, and unsupportive policies. For policy, comprehensive wind resource assessment, energy infrastructure investment, financial de-risking, capacity building, and deliberate wind power policy incentives could accelerate wind energy development and consequently contribute to the country’s energy security.

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Africa and the 2030 Sustainable Energy Goal: A Focus on Access to Renewables and Clean Fuels for Cooking

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Opportunities and challenges to rural renewable energy projects in Africa: Lessons from the Esaghem Village, Cameroon solar electrification project

Cited by 44 publications

References 20 publications

Study Solar Energy Usage and Evaluation Activities around Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Study Solar Energy Usage and Evaluation Activities around Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Assessing wind energy development in Uganda: Opportunities and challenges

Africa and the 2030 Sustainable Energy Goal: A Focus on Access to Renewables and Clean Fuels for Cooking

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