A Cooperation Project in Lesotho: Renewable Energy Potential Maps Embedded in a WebGIS Tool

Abstract

In this paper the background, activities undertaken, and main outcomes of the cooperation project “Renewable Energy Potential Maps for Lesotho” are presented. The project was launched in 2018 in fulfilment of the Paris Agreement by the Italian Ministry for the Environment and the Lesotho Ministry of Energy and Meteorology, with the aim to facilitate the local Government in the future planning and development of renewable energy in the country. A user-oriented WebGIS platform was utilised to share and analyse the outcomes of the project: a hydrological map to recognize potential areas for power generation; a wind atlas to identify specific sites with the most potential for wind energy generation; a solar radiation map, defining the different levels of radiation intensity, useful to localise sites for photovoltaic production. Human capacity building and technology transfer were carried out to strengthen the local expertise and ability to manage and plan renewable energy sources exploitation. The implementation of the project was based on a fruitful collaboration between scientists and stakeholders at the same time giving the local authorities a useful dataset and tool for renewable energy growth in Lesotho.

Electromobility: Logistics and Business Ecosystem Perspectives Review

“…The primary source for the bibliometric research comprised publications indexed in the Scopus scientific database. We used VOSviewer software (version 1.6.19; Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University: Leiden, The Netherlands) in the form of bibliometric maps [74,75] and detailed tables that outline perspectives on e-mobility logistics and its business ecosystem. The structure of this paper follows a classical format, encompassing the Introduction, Literature Review, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions.…”