Solar power energy solutions for Yemeni rural villages and desert communities

Hadwan, MK; Alkholidi, Abdulsalam

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.125

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“…The longer average hours of sunshine throughout the year enable high-power generation of solar energy technologies even during winter, which may be a significant additional advantage for Yemen. More interestingly, the annual average temperature in Yemen ranges from 21 o C to 31 o C, which is considered a perfect condition for generating electricity using the PV system [7,41]. This ideal location, characterized by an abundance of solar irradiation, longer sunshine hours, and the proper generation temperature, offers a high potential for exploiting solar energy to generate most of the electricity needed in the country [43].…”

Section: A Solar Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The area of 20 km 2 is eligible for producing approximately 1.5 GW of power. According to [7], Yemen's theoretical potential for solar harvesting using concentrated solar power (CSP) is high, about 2.5 million MW. In addition, the study [43] conducted about the publics ‫׳‬ behavioral toward solar power showed that most Yemenis live in remote and mountainous regions and are interested in employing solar power as the only available source, at least in the near future.…”

Section: A Solar Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In general, only 40% of the country's population have electricity access. Nearly half of those communities are linked to the public grid, while the other half gain access via private sources such as home photovoltaic (PV) systems and diesel generators that normally operate in lighting and low-intensity electrical appliances over a few hours a day [7]. However, those having access to the electrical grid suffer from long hours of power cuts because of the gap between generation and loads and sporadic vandalism of power lines and power plants.…”

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Utilization of Renewable Energy for Power Sector in Yemen: Current Status and Potential Capabilities

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A severe energy crisis has plagued Yemen for decades, and most of the population lack access to electricity. This has harmed the country's economic, social, and industrial growth. Yemen generates electricity mainly from fossil fuels, despite having a high potential for renewable energy. Unfortunately, the situation has recently been compounded by the country's continuing war, which has been ongoing since early 2015. It has impacted the country's energy infrastructure negatively, resulting in power outages. Therefore, this paper aims to provide an updated perspective on Yemen's current energy crisis and explain its key issues and potential solutions. Besides, it examines the potential, development, and current state of renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass. Based on the findings, Yemen is one of the world's wealthiest countries in terms of sunlight and wind speed, and these two resources are abundant in all regions of the country. In addition, this paper sheds light on the solar energy revolution that has arisen since the war started due to the complete outage of the national electricity. Within a few years, solar energy in Yemen has increased its capacity by 50 times and has recently become the primary source of electricity for most Yemenis. Furthermore, the paper discusses the difficulties and challenges that face the implementation of renewable energy investment projects. Numerous recommendations for potential improvements in Yemen's widespread use of renewable energy are also provided in this paper. All of the ideas presented in this paper are hoped to increase the efforts to grow renewable energy production in Yemen, thereby solving the issues of energy poverty and reducing environmental effects. The presented analysis can be used as a scientific reference for researchers and industrial companies looking for suitable solutions to advance Yemen's renewable energy.

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“…The study concluded that polycrystalline panels have the best cleaning factor. While reference [25] showed that the accumulation of dust on the surfaces of solar panels reduces the transmittance of glass by up to 10% and its electrical efficiency by up to 70% in the United Arab Emirates.…”

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Evaluation of Dust Elements on Photovoltaic Module Performance: an Experimental Study

Kazem

Chaichan

Al‐Waeli

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Renew. Energy Environ. Sustain.

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Dust is a natural phenomenon, and it represents all the components suspended in the air. Dust causes the photovoltaic performance to deteriorate. The main dust components concentrations vary from one geographic location to another and from one season to another. These components also have different effects on the PV power losses. Therefore, studying the effect of the concentration of each dust component separately can give a greater clarification and detail of how the accumulated dust affects the behavior of the PV module. In this study, the dust accumulated on a photovoltaic cell was collected and analyzed into its basic components. The results showed that most of the dust of Sohar city consists mostly of sand (65%) coming from the Empty Quarter desert adjacent to the Al-Batinah region. Also, volatile building materials such as cement and gypsum have high concentrations in this dust, which are 5.25% and 4.94%, respectively. In addition, high concentrations of ash 4.92%, which is resulting from burning fuels in smelters, power plants, and refineries. The effect of most of the studied dust components was limited on the current of the photovoltaic cell, but their effect was clearer on the cell voltage. As a result, the decrease in power generation was especially evident in the case of ash, cement, and new garment, but the biggest decrease was due to sand. While iron powder and red sand had the least effect on the performance of the photovoltaic cell.

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“…Located in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula, the country suffers from energy poverty, undersized generation capacity, and low rural electrification rates [23], [24]. However, previous studies have shown a large potential for off-grid systems in rural Yemen [25], [26].…”

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Simulating the potential of swarm grids for pre-electrified communities – A case study from Yemen

Hoffmann

Ansari

2019

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Swarm grids are an emerging approach for electrification in the Global South that interconnects individual household generation and storage to a small electricity network for making full use of existing generation capacities. Using a simulation tool for demand, weather, and power flows, we analyse the potential of an AC swarm grid for a large preelectrified village in rural Yemen. Service quality and financial indicators are compared to the cases of individual supply and a centralised micro grid. While the swarm grid would, in fact, improve supply security from currently 12.4 % (Tier 2) to 81.7 % (Tier 3) at lower levelised costs, it would be inferior to the micro grid in both service (Tier 4) and costs. This is mainly driven by the large pre-installed fossil-fuel generator and storage capacities in our case study. However, this situation may be representative for other relevant locations. Under these conditions, a swarm grid poses the danger to create (possibly-undesired) incentives to invest in diesel generators, and it may fail to support prosumerism effectively. Nevertheless, the swarm's evolutionary nature with the possibility for staggered investments (e.g. in smaller yet complementary groups of consumers) poses a central advantage over micro grids in the short-term alleviation of energy poverty.

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Solar power energy solutions for Yemeni rural villages and desert communities

Cited by 31 publications

References 7 publications

Utilization of Renewable Energy for Power Sector in Yemen: Current Status and Potential Capabilities

Utilization of Renewable Energy for Power Sector in Yemen: Current Status and Potential Capabilities

Evaluation of Dust Elements on Photovoltaic Module Performance: an Experimental Study

Simulating the potential of swarm grids for pre-electrified communities – A case study from Yemen

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