A review on the recent progress made on solar photovoltaic in selected countries of sub-Saharan Africa

RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

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Review

Mas'ud, Abdullahi Abubakar¹  Wirba, Asan Vernyuy²  Muhammad-Sukki, Firdaus³  Albarracin, Ricardo⁴  Abu-Bakar, Siti Hawa^5,6  Munir, Abu Bakar^7,8  Bani, Nurul Aini⁹ 

[1] Jubail Ind Coll, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, POB 10099, Jubail Ind City, Saudi Arabia

[2] Jubail Ind Coll, Dept Management & Informat Technol, POB 10099, Jubail Ind City, Saudi Arabia

[3] Robert Gordon Univ, Fac Design & Technol, Sch Engn, Garthdee Rd, Aberdeen AB10 7GJ, Scotland

[4] Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Elect Engn, Ronda Valencia 3, Madrid 28012, Spain

[5] Glasgow Caledonian Univ, Sch Engn & Built Environm, 70 Cowcaddens Rd, Glasgow G4 0BA, Lanark, Scotland

[6] Univ Kuala Lumpur, British Malaysian Inst, Batu 8,Jalan Sungai Pusu, Gombak 53100, Selangor, Malaysia

[7] Univ Malaya, Fac Law, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia

[8] Univ Malaya, Univ Malaya Malaysian Ctr Regulatory Studies UMCo, 59990 Jalan Pantai Baru, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[9] Univ Teknol Malaysia, UTM Razak Sch Engn & Adv Technol, Kuala Lumpur 54100, Malaysia

关键词: Solar energy;    Solar photovoltaic;    Sub-Saharan Africa;    Renewable energy;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.rser.2016.04.055

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The harmful effects of carbon emissions and carbon dioxide caused by over dependence on oil is a global issue, which is currently being addressed by encouraging renewable energy (RE) resources contribution to the energy mix. Encouraging RE is important in order to solve the unsustainable nature of electricity generation especially in the sub-Saharan African countries. One of the REs that have vast potential especially in sub-Saharan Africa is the solar energy. This paper provides an overview of the solar photovoltaic (PV) developments in selected countries of sub-Saharan Africa - in terms of research, installed capacity, solar radiation level, RE policies and the percentage of solar PV in the future energy mix of these countries. Finally, this paper identified the barriers to RE deployment and proposed scaling-up solar PV as one of the solution in the development of energy mix in these countries. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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