Aligning development and climate goals means Africa's energy systems will be based on
clean energy technologies in the long term, but pathways to get there are uncertain and …

Solar drying is one of the most efficient and cost-effective, renewable, and sustainable
technologies to conserve agricultural products in Asian and sub-Saharan African (SSA) …

Providing power to rural communities, which are far from the grid and suffer from lack of
energy access in Africa, especially in Benin, in a sustainable manner requires the adoption …

Hybrid renewable energy (HRE) system based power generation is a cost effective
alternative where power grid extensions are expensive. This system utilizes two or more …

The current electricity challenges in Africa have spurred the interest of governments in
incorporating renewable energy sources into the energy mix. The use of hybrid solar energy …

Universal electricity access is an important development objective, and the focus of a
number of key global UN initiatives. While robust electricity planning is widely believed to be …

This paper presents the optimal map** of hybrid energy systems, which are based on
wind and PV, with the consideration of energy storage and backup diesel generator, for …

Cooling towers are indispensable components for heat rejection in concentrated solar
power (CSP) plants. However, the overall performance of CSP plants relies heavily on the …

The complexity in the design of sustainable microgrids based on renewable energy sources
have increased recently due to the involvement of multiple performance indices, scenarios …

Due to the rapidly decreasing costs of small renewable electricity generation systems,
centralized power systems are no longer a necessary condition of universal access to …