A new approach for assessing synergies of solar and wind power: implications for West Africa

West African countries’ energy and climate policies show a pronounced focus on decarbonising power supply through renewable electricity (RE) generation. In particular, most West African states explicitly focus on hybrid mixes of variable renewable power sources—solar, wind and hydropower—in their ta...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Sterl, Stefan Liersch, Hagen Koch, Nicole P M van Lipzig, Wim Thiery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aad8f6