Incentives for rural off grid electrification in Burkina Faso using LCOE

Ouedraogo, Bachir Ismael; Kouame, S.; Azoumah, Y.; Yamegueu, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2015.01.044

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“…-Cost of capital as discount rate: 5%; depreciation: 5%/year 1 . The Atlantic Bank Burkina is assuming conservative discount rates between 5% and 10% for PV systems [64,65].…”

Section: Solar Pvmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In Burkina Faso, 95% of the electricity is consumed in urban areas, while electricity needs in peri-urban and rural areas remain almost uncovered [64]. The national policy for electrification is dominated almost exclusively by slow grid extension supported by the government subsidising fossil fuel electricity production.…”

Section: Current Tendencies For Grid Extensionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Burkina Faso has subsidised almost 200 EUR millions of fossil-fuel, that would translate on bringing electricity by decentralised technologies to 1 million rural people. Due to the volatility of oil prices and the subsidising of fossil fuel electricity production, it is becoming unsustainable that the government continue supporting fossil fuel electricity production in order to be able to provide universal access to electricity [64].…”

Section: Pv Pmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…-Cost of capital as discount rate: 5%; depreciation: 5%/year 1 . The Atlantic Bank Burkina is assuming conservative discount rates between 5% and 10% for PV systems [64,65].…”

Section: Solar Pvmentioning

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“…Level The most important environmental benefit of the PV system is its carbon emission reduction resulting in a cleaner and less polluted environment that has a great impact on people's lives [6]. The impact of the control strategies proposed in this study is evaluated and compared to diesel standalone system.…”

Section: Effect Of Control Strategies On Carbon Emissionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As shown by many authors, PV/Diesel hybrid systems can be more reliable and cost effective than stand-alone PV or Diesel systems. It could be a great opportunity for rural electrification that could trigger social and economic development in rural areas [4][5][6].…”

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Energy Management Strategies for Hybrid PV/Diesel Energy Systems: Simulation and Experimental Validation

Koucoi¹

2016

IJEPE

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Abstract:Hybrid photovoltaic-diesel systems are becoming more and more attractive for rural electrification in sub-Saharan Africa region. In this paper, some energy management strategies for a photovoltaic-diesel system without battery storage have been theoretically and experimentally studied. The proposed strategies are respectively based on active power control of inverters and controllable loads to ensure security operation for the system and maximize the solar energy penetration. Simulations and experiments have been performed under two different climate conditions and have been applied to an African rural load profile. All the energy management strategies developed have been implemented with the Matlab environment. The obtained results have shown the effectiveness of the proposed strategies to avoid power reserve to the diesel generator, to increase solar energy fraction, to reduce CO 2 emissions, and to ensure the system's frequency and voltage stability.

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Techno‐economic assessment of solar photovoltaic integration into national grids: A case study of Burkina Faso

Ouedraogo

Yamegueu

2019

Energy Science & Engineering

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To promote a low‐carbon society, it is urgent to better integrate renewable energies into energy supply systems. This paper examines the impact of solar photovoltaic (PV) integration into the national electrical grid in Burkina Faso on the electricity production cost. The analysis is based on the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) technique. Several levels of PV integration have been considered namely 20%, 40%, 60%, and 80% of the total installed capacity. First, the results revealed all the configurations with PV integration are more attractive and cost‐effective compared with the conventional diesel standalone electricity system. The sensitivity analysis shows that the configuration with 80% PV is the most attractive when compared to the other ones as it has the lowest LCOE and CO2 emissions compared with the other scenarios. This paper also shows that in the context of rising fuel prices and environmental concern, the electricity production based on diesel standalone system is not a viable solution for Burkina Faso at the moment. Finally, the results revealed that subsidies offered by the government of Burkina Faso to support the electricity production cost will be more effective for a system with PV integration. This paper gives detail highlights of solution for policymakers to make useful investment in solar energy and widen the access to electricity in Burkina Faso.

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Incentives for rural off grid electrification in Burkina Faso using LCOE

Cited by 61 publications

References 28 publications

Universal access to electricity in Burkina Faso: scaling-up renewable energy technologies

Universal access to electricity in Burkina Faso: scaling-up renewable energy technologies

Energy Management Strategies for Hybrid PV/Diesel Energy Systems: Simulation and Experimental Validation

Techno‐economic assessment of solar photovoltaic integration into national grids: A case study of Burkina Faso

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