Potential of Biogas Technology in Achieving the Sustainable Developmental Goals: A Review Through Case Study in Rural South Africa

Rasimphi, T. E.; Tinarwo, D.; Gitari, Wilson M.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-58538-3_40-1

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“…Notably, hydrogen to power the fuel cell receiving external supply is thought to be produced by natural gas reforming, as this process still accounts for 95% of the generated hydrogen today [10]. As data on social acceptance is scarce, the system is estimated to be only little more [57] excepted by the population, as no local emissions occur. Further, the regenerative fuel celleven though defined as renewable technology -is also estimated to have a comparatively low acceptance, as the technology is not well known in the context.…”

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When more than money talks: Multi-criteria decision analysis of fuel cells for sustainable power supply in Sub-Saharan minigrids

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2021

Ren. Ener. & Sust. Dev.

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Strategies of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa include minigrid deployment in order to progress towards providing access to electricity to the currently 500 million people living without access in rural areas by today. While recent studies on fuel cells in such minigrid energy systems are limited to technical and economic considerations, this paper performs a multi-criteria decision analysis to compare their fit into the economic, technical, environmental, and social system against established fossil and renewable power generation technologies. Findings from scenarios which shed light on 1. strategically important criteria according to academic expert opinions captured in a survey, 2. decisive criteria for actual market penetration of power generation technologies in the respective setting and 3. future parameter and criteria in alliance with sustainable development, indicate the fuel cell to be highly suitable for rural power generation in minigrids. The major disadvantage of low economic performance of decentralized hydrogen production and usage by fuel cells in minigrids could be overcome by large-scale centralized water electrolysis. But as reliability of supply and synergies to other end-uses are promising, the authors suggest to direct future work to define economic niches and use-cases for decentralized hydrogen production in minigrids.

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Section: B Criteria Selectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

When more than money talks: Multi-criteria decision analysis of fuel cells for sustainable power supply in Sub-Saharan minigrids

Schöne

2021

Ren. Ener. & Sust. Dev.

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Potential of Biogas Technology in Achieving the Sustainable Developmental Goals: A Review Through Case Study in Rural South Africa

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References 8 publications

When more than money talks: Multi-criteria decision analysis of fuel cells for sustainable power supply in Sub-Saharan minigrids

When more than money talks: Multi-criteria decision analysis of fuel cells for sustainable power supply in Sub-Saharan minigrids

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