[HTML][HTML] Highly renewable energy systems in Africa: Rationale, research, and recommendations

AS Oyewo, S Sterl, S Khalili, C Breyer - Joule, 2023 - cell.com
This review paper, the first to examine Africa's state of the art fully renewable energy system
analyses, assesses the status and findings of 100% renewable energy system analyses for …

Solar photovoltaics is ready to power a sustainable future

M Victoria, N Haegel, IM Peters, R Sinton… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Thanks to fast learning and sustained growth, solar photovoltaics (PV) is today a highly cost-
competitive technology, ready to contribute substantially to CO 2 emissions mitigation …

Geospatial-assisted multi-criterion analysis of solar and wind power geographical-technical-economic potential assessment

MR Elkadeem, A Younes, D Mazzeo, J Jurasz… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Amid the increasing electricity demand, energy crisis and pollution, the transition to
renewable energy (RE) is becoming a preoccupation and major global challenge due to the …

Achieving universal electrification of rural healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa with decentralized renewable energy technologies

M Moner-Girona, G Kakoulaki, G Falchetta, DJ Weiss… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
A potential response to the COVID-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with long-term
benefits is to provide electricity for medical equipment in rural health centers and …

[HTML][HTML] A multidimensional high-resolution assessment approach to boost decentralised energy investments in Sub-Saharan Africa

M Moner-Girona, A Bender, W Becker, K Bódis… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
There are over 650 million people in Africa who have no access to electricity; this is in sharp
contrast to the continent's vast untapped renewable energy potential and due largely to the …

Accounting for finance in electrification models for sub-Saharan Africa

C Agutu, F Egli, NJ Williams, TS Schmidt, B Steffen - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
Electrifying 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa will require substantial investments.
Integrated electrification models inform key policy decisions and electricity access …

Towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 in sub‐Saharan Africa: Role of governance and renewable energy

A Haldar, N Sethi, PK Jena… - Sustainable …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Energy poverty plagues the sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) region and impedes its socio‐
economic development. It is impossible to attain sustainable‐development without …

Spatial energy density of large-scale electricity generation from power sources worldwide

JK Nøland, J Auxepaules, A Rousset, B Perney… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
This paper introduces the annual energy density concept for electric power generation,
which is proposed as an informative metric to capture the impacts on the environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Clean energy access as an enabler for social development: A multidimensional analysis for Sub-Saharan Africa

P Casati, M Moner-Girona, SI Khaleel, S Szabo… - Energy for Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
New financing in clean energy technologies plays a progressively important role in
increasing energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This research investigates the …

Assessing the United Nations sustainable development goals from the inclusive wealth perspective

Y Sugiawan, R Kurniawan, S Managi - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
The statement of sustainability in the sustainable development goals (SDGs) framework
needs to be supplemented by a formal proof that intergenerational well-being also improves …