Addressing the current remote area electrification problems with solar and microhydro systems in Central Africa

Kenfack, Joseph; Bossou, Olivier Videme; Voufo, Joseph; Djom, Samuel

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2013.11.044

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“…We analysed the reasons for failures and developed solutions. To ensure the sustainability of the approach, strength, weaknesses, opportunity and threat (SWOT) analysis of the current initiatives was conducted, leading to a new approach and methods that are appropriate for micro renewable energy plant development in addition to what has been suggested thus far [3,4]. The approach is different from what is currently recommended in developed countries [5].…”

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“…This leads to ingenious approaches using manpower or animal power as depicted in Figure 1. 3,4 In some fortunate areas, roads do exist. However, they are not always in good condition, especially during the rainy season ( Fig.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Based on previous failures, we learned numerous lessons [3]. Projects should be government and community-based from their inception.…”

Section: Ensuring Project Successmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many systems experience failure due to poor design, poor maintenance, or poor construction. From the data collected [3], it is evident that most of the systems suffer from poor skills of the people involved. Figure 9 is an example of a failure due to poor design and maintenance.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Overcoming local constraints when developing renewable energy systems for the electrification of remote areas in Africa

Kenfack

Voufo

Ekam

et al. 2020

Renew. Energy Environ. Sustain.

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Sub Saharan Africa has a great renewable energy potential. Rural areas are suffering from poor energy access. Some systems designed to address this issue are still faced with some difficulties. Appropriate approaches and energy plant development will help remote areas to address the issue of electricity access. The current development of some micro hydro and micro solar energy plants is of poor quality and maintenance, sometimes resulting in failures. There are also some common mistakes made when promoting (designing) an energy system in an African environment. Identifying issues from local constraints and lessons learned will contribute to determining the appropriate sizing, technology and tools to correctly develop micro hydro and micro solar energy plants.

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Section: Poor Roads and Means Of Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Based on previous failures, we learned numerous lessons [3]. Projects should be government and community-based from their inception.…”

Section: Ensuring Project Successmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Learn From Some System Failuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Overcoming local constraints when developing renewable energy systems for the electrification of remote areas in Africa

Kenfack

Voufo

Ekam

et al. 2020

Renew. Energy Environ. Sustain.

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“…Sufficient and reliable energy supplies are a prerequisite for attracting investments and bolstering local industry in developing countries (Dunkerley and Ramsay 1982, Bartle 2002, Javadi et al 2013, Kenfack et al 2014, Zhu et al 2014. Many developing countries are ill-equipped to meet growing energy demands and suffer from frequent service interruptions (Pode 2013, Alfaro and Miller 2014, Dugoua and Urpelainen 2014.…”

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Screening reservoir systems by considering the efficient trade-offs—informing infrastructure investment decisions on the Blue Nile

Geressu

Harou

2015

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Multi-reservoir system planners should consider how new dams impact downstream reservoirs and the potential contribution of each component to coordinated management. We propose an optimized multi-criteria screening approach to identify best performing designs, i.e., the selection, size and operating rules of new reservoirs within multi-reservoir systems. Reservoir release operating rules and storage sizes are optimized concurrently for each separate infrastructure design under consideration. Outputs reveal system trade-offs using multi-dimensional scatter plots where each point represents an approximately Pareto-optimal design. The method is applied to proposed Blue Nile River reservoirs in Ethiopia, where trade-offs between total and firm energy output, aggregate storage and downstream irrigation and energy provision for the best performing designs are evaluated. This proof-of concept study shows that recommended Blue Nile system designs would depend on whether monthly firm energy or annual energy is prioritized. 39 TWh/yr of energy potential is available from the proposed Blue Nile reservoirs. The results show that depending on the amount of energy deemed sufficient, the current maximum capacities of the planned reservoirs could be larger than they need to be. The method can also be used to inform which of the proposed reservoir type and their storage sizes would allow for the highest downstream benefits to Sudan in different objectives of upstream operating objectives (i.e., operated to maximize either average annual energy or firm energy). The proposed approach identifies the most promising system designs, reveals how they imply different trade-offs between metrics of system performance, and helps system planners asses the sensitivity of overall performance to the design parameters of component reservoirs.

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New Renewable Energy Promotion Approach for Rural Electrification in Cameroon

Kenfack

Bossou

Voufo

et al. 2015

Renewable Energy in the Service of Mankind Vol II

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Addressing the current remote area electrification problems with solar and microhydro systems in Central Africa

Cited by 20 publications

References 2 publications

Overcoming local constraints when developing renewable energy systems for the electrification of remote areas in Africa

Overcoming local constraints when developing renewable energy systems for the electrification of remote areas in Africa

Screening reservoir systems by considering the efficient trade-offs—informing infrastructure investment decisions on the Blue Nile

New Renewable Energy Promotion Approach for Rural Electrification in Cameroon

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