A review of renewable energy development in Africa: A focus in South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria
Despite its vast natural resources, African is facing serious challenges in sustainable development in an energy sector, if addressed with dispatch could not only check its indispensable needs, but also mitigate some global phenomenon at stake, such as desertification, environmental degradation and...
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| author | Aliyu, Abubakar Kabir Modu, Babangida Tan, Chee Wei |
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| description | Despite its vast natural resources, African is facing serious challenges in sustainable development in an energy sector, if addressed with dispatch could not only check its indispensable needs, but also mitigate some global phenomenon at stake, such as desertification, environmental degradation and green house emission. This paper reviews the prospects of four major renewable energy sources-hydro, solar, wind and biomass- for each of the three leading countries in Africa namely South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria. Based on literature survey of energy efficiency, all the three countries encourage energy efficiency in varying degrees. In the course of this review, several national energy policy frameworks of these countries were looked into, especially on how African countries could overcome the persistent energy crisis in the continent by utilizing the naturally gifted renewable energy sources. This could only be achievable if proper technology, awareness and skills for harnessing the resources are provided. Also lingering energy challenges such as energy efficiency measures, needs for grid extension, energy storage technology and seasonal variation were carefully highlighted. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-853592020-03-17T08:27:02Z http://eprints.utm.my/85359/ A review of renewable energy development in Africa: A focus in South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria Aliyu, Abubakar Kabir Modu, Babangida Tan, Chee Wei TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Despite its vast natural resources, African is facing serious challenges in sustainable development in an energy sector, if addressed with dispatch could not only check its indispensable needs, but also mitigate some global phenomenon at stake, such as desertification, environmental degradation and green house emission. This paper reviews the prospects of four major renewable energy sources-hydro, solar, wind and biomass- for each of the three leading countries in Africa namely South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria. Based on literature survey of energy efficiency, all the three countries encourage energy efficiency in varying degrees. In the course of this review, several national energy policy frameworks of these countries were looked into, especially on how African countries could overcome the persistent energy crisis in the continent by utilizing the naturally gifted renewable energy sources. This could only be achievable if proper technology, awareness and skills for harnessing the resources are provided. Also lingering energy challenges such as energy efficiency measures, needs for grid extension, energy storage technology and seasonal variation were carefully highlighted. Elsevier Ltd 2018-01 Article PeerReviewed Aliyu, Abubakar Kabir and Modu, Babangida and Tan, Chee Wei (2018) A review of renewable energy development in Africa: A focus in South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 81 . pp. 2502-2518. ISSN 1364-0321 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.06.055 |
| spellingShingle | TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Aliyu, Abubakar Kabir Modu, Babangida Tan, Chee Wei A review of renewable energy development in Africa: A focus in South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria |
| title | A review of renewable energy development in Africa: A focus in South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria |
| title_full | A review of renewable energy development in Africa: A focus in South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | A review of renewable energy development in Africa: A focus in South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | A review of renewable energy development in Africa: A focus in South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria |
| title_short | A review of renewable energy development in Africa: A focus in South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria |
| title_sort | review of renewable energy development in africa a focus in south africa egypt and nigeria |
| topic | TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
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