Electrification and renewable energy nexus in developing countries; an overarching analysis of hydrogen production and electric vehicles integrality in renewable energy penetration

Exploring the role of electric vehicles in Africa's energy transition: A Nigerian case study

“…An interest rate of 3% was assumed for all cost categories ( Bamisile et al., 2021 ). The emission factors for oil (gasoline & diesel) and gas are taken as 74.0 and 56.7 kgCO 2 /GJ (0.20412 and 0.2664 kgCO 2 /kWh), respectively.…”

“…Other studies related to EV prospects in Africa have explored the need for a more systemic approach to data collection to enhance EV studies in Africa ( Collett and Hirmer, 2021 ); the importance of designing EV systems that are context-specific for Africa ( Collett et al., 2021 ); electricity demand implications of solar-charging urban minibus EVs in South Africa ( Abraham et al., 2021 ); grid impact of electrifying minibus taxis in Kampala, Uganda ( Booysen et al., 2022 ); the feasibility of car park owners to provide solar PV carports for EV charging in South Africa ( Buresh et al., 2020 ); and the potential minibuses in Cairo, Nairobi, and Cape Town toward promoting environmental sustainability ( Odhiambo et al., 2021 ). An overarching analysis on the nexus between electrification and renewable energy deployment in developing countries proposed EV integration to maximize the use of excess electricity production from VRES ( Bamisile et al., 2021 ). In terms of economic feasibility, a study concluded that owning an EV will cost 13.5% more compared with conventional gasoline-fueled vehicles in Ghana ( Ayetor et al., 2020 ).…”

Renewable Energy in the Sustainable Development of Electrical Power Sector: A Review

“…Companies with sustainability objectives can promote the development of renewable energy through their own installations (e.g., solar roofs and wind farms), and the procurement of renewable electricity through electricity purchase contracts or by purchasing renewable energy certificates. Companies producing novel alternative energy sources such as hydrogen from renewable energy sources must ensure that their plants and products contribute to grid stability and the overall sustainable development of energy supply, and are exempt from renewable energy levies [166]. Some states contain carve-outs or requirements that a certain percentage of the portfolio from certain energy sources, such as solar energy, and other incentives to encourage the development of certain resources.…”

A Machine Learning-Based Model Predictive Control Method for Pumped Storage Systems

“…Sustainable energy has become increasingly important due to the present-day shortage of and pollution from fossil fuels (Albuyeh, 2013;Menon, 2013;Bozchalui, 2015;Brahman and Jadid, 2015;Zhang et al, 2015;Güney, 2019;Hasan Mehrjerdi, 2021;Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan et al, 2021;Thomas Sattich et al, 2021). Consequently, renewable power generation technologies such as wind, solar, hydro, and biomass are used widely (Rajkumar, 2011;Francesco Calise and Piacentino, 2014;Pazouki, 2014;Zhaoyang Dong and Wen, 2014;Pazouki, 2016;Elena Smirnova et al, 2021;Eric O Shaughnessy et al, 2021;Olusola Bamisile et al, 2021;Pradhan et al, 2021). Simultaneously, energy storage technologies such as fuel cells, hydrogen storage, supercapacitors, and pumped storage systems (PSSs) have attracted increasing attention (Yves Pannatier et al, 2010;Pazouki, 2014;Brahman and Jadid, 2015;Zhang et al, 2015;Pazouki, 2016;Li et al, 2017a;Schmidt et al, 2017).…”