A review of Yemen’s current energy situation, challenges, strategies, and prospects for using renewable energy systems

Al-Wesabi, Ibrahim; Fang, Zhijian; Bosah, Chukwunonso Philip; Dong, Hanlin

doi:10.1007/s11356-022-21369-6

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“…Frequent dust storms from vast deserts located in those countries make it difficult to maintain solar panels; they also reduce PV's efficiency. Some countries, like Yemen and Jordan, have to rely on foreign investments to establish large solar power stations, with the KSA and the UAE among the key players in such investments [34][35][36]. Several studies have examined various aspects of solar radiation and production of electrical power using solar energy and identified the optimum localities to obtain maximum power from PV networks.…”

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Status of Solar-Energy Adoption in GCC, Yemen, Iraq, and Jordan: Challenges and Carbon-Footprint Analysis

Farahat,

Labban,

Mashat

et al. 2024

Clean Technol.

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This work examines the potential of some of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC) (Saudi Arabia (KSA), the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar (QA), Bahrain (BH), Oman (OM)), Yemen (YE), Iraq (IQ), and Jordan (JO) to use their abundant solar radiation to generate electricity through PV technology. The study is structured to help decision-makers access the necessary data related to the status of solar-energy infrastructure and power production in the study region. The study investigates current efforts to establish PV technology and the challenges hindering the development of this technology. These efforts and challenges are then benchmarked against their status in Australia, which has climate and landscape conditions similar to those of the countries in the study region. It was found that Australia is successfully adopting solar energy in households and industrial locations despite its historical reliance on fossil fuels for energy production. This offers a potential avenue for replicating the Australian model of PV development in the study region. This work also addresses the effect of natural and anthropogenic aerosols on the performance of the PV panels. Meanwhile, it also proposes a conceptual model to help local governments and decision-makers in adopting solar-energy projects in the study region. Additionally, a preliminary carbon-footprint analysis of avoided emissions from PV energy utilization compared to national grid intensity was performed for each country. Findings show that the countries in the study region have great potential for using solar energy to gradually replace fossil fuels and protect the environment. It is observed that more hours of daylight and clear-to-scattered cloud coverage help increase solar irradiance near the ground all year around. Dust and aerosol loadings, however, were found to greatly reduce solar irradiance over the GCC area, especially during large dust events. Despite the high potential for harvesting solar energy in the study region, only a handful of PV plants and infrastructural facilities have been established, mostly in the KSA, the UAE, and Jordan. It was found that there is a critical need to put in place regulations, policies, and near-future vision to support solar energy generation and reduce reliance on fossil fuels for electricity production.

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Status of Solar-Energy Adoption in GCC, Yemen, Iraq, and Jordan: Challenges and Carbon-Footprint Analysis

Farahat,

Labban,

Mashat

et al. 2024

Clean Technol.

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“…Yemen is no exception, as Yemeni manufacturing firms encounter stiff competition as a result of globalization (Battour et al, 2021). Besides, the current pollution in Yemen caused by the energy sector, manufacturing industries, and the conflict is leading to economic, environmental and social consequences (Al-Wesabi et al, 2022). Manufacturers now recognize the need to find solutions that reconcile sustainability goals (Shehzad et al, 2023).…”

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“…, 2021). Besides, the current pollution in Yemen caused by the energy sector, manufacturing industries, and the conflict is leading to economic, environmental and social consequences (Al-Wesabi et al. , 2022).…”

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Innovate or perish: can green entrepreneurial orientation foster green innovation by leveraging green manufacturing practices under different levels of green technology turbulence?

Al-Swidi,

Al-Hakimi,

Al-Sarraf

et al. 2023

JMTM

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PurposeWhile the significance of green entrepreneurial orientation (GEO) has been acknowledged, it is still not fully understood how GEO influences green innovation (GI). Depending on the natural resource-based view (NRBV), the practice-based view (PBV) and contingency theory (CT), the authors explore how GEO affects GI via green manufacturing practices (GMPs) and the moderating role of green technology turbulence (GTT).Design/methodology/approachUsing the data gathered from large firms in Yemen, the suggested model was tested through hierarchical regression analysis using the PROCESS Macro in SPSS.FindingsThe empirical results reveal that GEO is positively related to GMP, which in turn is positively related to GI. Importantly, GMP mediates the link between GEO and GI. The results also demonstrate that GTT positively moderates the GEO-GI link.Originality/valueThis study makes a valuable contribution to the existing literature on sustainability and holds significant importance for managers seeking to enhance their understanding of utilizing GEO for fostering GI.

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“…Photovoltaic (PV) energy is one of the cleanest, most reliable, and most promising types of renewable energy because of its environmentally friendly nature, unlimited supply, ease of maintenance, and peaceful operation [1,2]. However, the most problematic element of photovoltaic systems is that their electrical behavior is nonlinear and changes in reaction to external conditions such as the amount of sunlight and temperature.…”

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A High Speed MPPT Control Utilizing a Hybrid PSO-PID Controller under Partially Shaded Photovoltaic Battery Chargers

et al. 2023

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Improving photovoltaic systems in terms of temporal responsiveness, lowering steady-state ripples, high efficiency, low complexity, and decreased tracking time under various circumstances is becoming increasingly important. A particle-swarm optimizer (PSO) is frequently used for maximum power-point tracking (MPPT) of photovoltaic (PV) energy systems. However, during partial-shadowing circumstances (PSCs), this technique has three major drawbacks. The first problem is that it slowly converges toward the maximum power point (MPP). The second issue is that the PSO is a time-invariant optimizer; therefore, when there is a time-variable shadow pattern (SP), it adheres to the first global peak instead of following the dynamic global peak (GP). The third problem is the high oscillation around the steady state. Therefore, this article proposes a hybrid PSO-PID algorithm for solving the PSO’s three challenges described above and improving the PV system’s performance under uniform irradiance and PSCs. The PID is designed to work with the PSO algorithm to observe the maximum voltage that is calculated by subtracting from the output voltage of the DC-DC boost converter and sending the variation to a PID controller, which reduces the error percentage obtained by conventional PSO and increases system efficiency by providing the precise converter-duty cycle value. The proposed hybrid PSO-PID approach is compared with a conventional PSO and bat algorithms (BAs) to show its superiority, which has the highest tracking efficiency (99.97%), the lowest power ripples (5.9 W), and the fastest response time (0.002 s). The three aforementioned issues can be successfully solved using the hybrid PSO-PID technique; it also offers good performance with shorter times and faster convergence to the dynamic GP. The results show that the developed PID is useful in enhancing the conventional PSO algorithm and solar-system performance.

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A review of Yemen’s current energy situation, challenges, strategies, and prospects for using renewable energy systems

Cited by 20 publications

References 49 publications

Status of Solar-Energy Adoption in GCC, Yemen, Iraq, and Jordan: Challenges and Carbon-Footprint Analysis

Status of Solar-Energy Adoption in GCC, Yemen, Iraq, and Jordan: Challenges and Carbon-Footprint Analysis

Innovate or perish: can green entrepreneurial orientation foster green innovation by leveraging green manufacturing practices under different levels of green technology turbulence?

A High Speed MPPT Control Utilizing a Hybrid PSO-PID Controller under Partially Shaded Photovoltaic Battery Chargers

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