Regional Assessment of Energy Trends in West Africa Using GIS

Merem, Edmund C.; Twumasi, Yaw A.; Wesley, J.; Isokpehi, P.; Shenge, M.; Fageir, S.; Crisler, M.; Romorno, C.; Hines, A.; Hirse, G.; Ochai, S.; Leggett, S.; Nwagboso, E.

doi:10.5923/j.ijee.20170701.01

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“…Aside from few research efforts involving the applications of GIS into related studies, there exists a body research by Merem over the years that focused on the use of GIS as a decision support tool in environmental analysis that are germane to the current concerns about kerosene hazards in Nigeria. Seeing the focus on the impacts of ecological liabilities of oil and gas activities, fossil fuel emission monitoring, renewable energy trends in Nigeria and other areas [31][32][33][34][35][36]. These studies not only reaffirmed the proficiency of GIS to track the scale of natural resource use and the dispersion of the impacts, but there remains limited work on geo based analysis outlining the spatial dimensions of kerosene mishap in Nigeria.…”

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Assessing the Effects of Fuel Based Lighting: The Case of Kerosene Use and Disasters in Nigeria

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Fuel based lighting made up of kerosene continues to find essential use in West Africa. In Nigeria where tens of millions regularly use kerosene, adverse environmental health effects remain widespread much of the time given the mixed results. These include rising mortality and morbidity often associated with fire hazards from kerosene explosions, destruction of properties, burns, compromised vision, indoor air pollution, asthma and the disproportionate exposure of infants and women to the risks of recurrent kerosene hazards. With hospital emergency cases involving complications from kerosene hazards on the rise, adulterated products in the face of loose regulations and mass poverty has surged over the years. In all these, very little research exists to assess the risks from fuel lighting incidents and their impacts from a mix scale perspective using GIS. Accordingly, this paper analyzes the growing risks from kerosene disasters in Nigeria. Emphasis is on the issues, the trends, factors and impacts using mix scale techniques of GIS and descriptive statistics to map and track the trends spatially. Preliminary results using descriptive statistics reveal kerosene hazards in the form of fatalities through household explosions as well as health and environmental risks. Just as impact analysis identified pollution threats, the GIS mapping pinpointed the spatial dispersion of the risks and elements associated with kerosene hazards. With all these attributed to several elements from ineffective policy to economic conditions, the paper offered several remedies consisting of the need for education and enlightenment campaign, coupled with improved emergency response to fire hazards and the strengthening of policy. In highlighting the extent of kerosene hazards in the country, there is opportunity for resource managers and decision-making to build from it and design proactive measures to mitigate future disasters for the safety of citizens.

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Assessing the Effects of Fuel Based Lighting: The Case of Kerosene Use and Disasters in Nigeria

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“…More so, given the widespread demands. This study will fill that void in research by utilizing mix scale tools of GIS and descriptive states in analyzing the geothermal energy potentials of states in the western region of the United States [26,27,28,29,30,31,32]. There is emphasis on the issues and trends, production and usage and factors.…”

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Evaluating Geothermal Energy Potentials in the US Western Region with GIS

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In an era saddled by mounting energy dependency and insecurity, some are not only turning to renewable geothermal energy to ensure access, but it is growing in usage in the Western region of the United States of America. Notwithstanding the United States role as a major producer of geothermal resources globally, geothermal energy has over the last several years found ample use in various spheres of daily endeavors within communities. The surging demand is much so that, it now contributes quite significantly in the generation of electricity to power households and farming activities and to sustain domestic supplies essential to segments of the economy for communities from California to Nevada. With much of the production levels, installations and plant capacities of geothermal power fully entrenched in the western region of the country considering the geologic and physical attributes, California stands out as the largest producer of geothermal power compared to its neighbors in the western region. For that, the demand for geothermal resource has been recurrent in quite a few counties over the years on the California side of the US Western region. In the face of widespread demands in the region, geothermal energy infrastructure in the form of new plants has gradually penetrated different states under varying level of production and installed capacities to boost energy security and sustain development of the areas. Even at that, very little has been done in the literature to undertake a regional assessment of the potentials of geothermal energy using a mix scale approach of spatial analysis anchored in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Accordingly, this study will fill that void in research by utilizing mix scale tools of GIS and descriptive states in analyzing the geothermal energy potentials of states in the Western region of the United States. Emphasizing the issues, trends, impacts, production, factors and future efforts through recommendations, the results point to growing usage and changes in a whole set of energy indicators ranging from production and demands, installed capacity to others over time in the region with much of that in California coupled with an uptick in geothermal portfolio. Additionally, the GIS mapping of the trends highlights gradual dispersion of changing patterns in consumption and presence of infrastructural facilities visibly concentrated in a cluster of areas located in the western region. With all these attributed to a host of socio-economic and physical factors, the paper proposed suggestions ranging from the design of a regional geothermal energy information system, the education of the public and more infrastructural development in the sector.

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“…Such revival in Kenya's renewable energy security via geothermal power [38][39][40]; are linked to changes in socio-economic, geologic, physical and ecological factors located within the larger energy nexus [34]. More so, very little has been done to capture these trends in East Africa by fully assessing the output, usage, capacity and the potentials of Kenya using a mix scale approach [41][42][43][44]. For that, this study will fill that void by analyzing geothermal prospects in Kenya.…”

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Analyzing Geothermal Energy Use in the East African Region: The Case of Kenya

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Being an emerging economy where the dependence on geothermal power to sustain production over the years in the country ranks high, Kenya's Rift Valley contains substantial geothermal energy enough to power the economy than most African countries. In the last several years, geothermal production has gained steam, and this has resulted in an unprecedented surge in installed capacity in different sites amid rising demands. This coincides with allocations to optimize the growth of the sector and the investments to boost supply among renewables. With that has come joint ventures and growing prospects in the sector likely to extend into the upcoming decades. Of great significance is the uptick in geothermal power output and its emergence as the second largest source of renewables alongside infrastructure proliferation. While this reflects the profile of Kenya as a major producer worldwide, geothermal power continues to serve the nation through improved access to electricity for communities and firms as clean source of energy with low carbon foot print and limited environmental impacts due to many factors. Considering the rising usage and the role of Kenya as regional leader in geothermal energy output, very little has been done in the literature to assess current capacities and the state of the resource. Added to that, previous studies overlooked the use of mix model in tracking the status and evolving patterns of geothermal parameters from production to installed capacities in the country. This paper will fill that void by analyzing geothermal energy use in the East African Nation of Kenya. Emphases are on the issues, trends, impacts, production, factors and current efforts to boost production. Using mix scale methods of GIS and descriptive statistics, the results show changes in usage, rising production in geothermal energy and spatial dispersal of various indicators from assets to elevation along the Rift Valley. With the emergent trends attributed to socioeconomic and physical factors, the paper recommended the need for education, support for energy infrastructure development, spatial analysis and the design of a regional geothermal energy information atlas.

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Regional Assessment of Energy Trends in West Africa Using GIS

Cited by 16 publications

References 4 publications

Assessing the Effects of Fuel Based Lighting: The Case of Kerosene Use and Disasters in Nigeria

Assessing the Effects of Fuel Based Lighting: The Case of Kerosene Use and Disasters in Nigeria

Evaluating Geothermal Energy Potentials in the US Western Region with GIS

Analyzing Geothermal Energy Use in the East African Region: The Case of Kenya

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