Africa - Technical Potential of Solar Energy to Address Energy Poverty and Avoid GHG Emissions

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Name:	Technical Potential of Solar Energy to Address Energy Poverty and Avoid GHG Emissions in Africa
Agency/Company /Organization:	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sector:	Energy
Focus Area:	Solar
Topics:	Resource assessment
Website:	www.nrel.gov/docs/fy10osti/44259.pdf
Coordinates:	-8.7833°, 34.5086° Show Map Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","type":"ROADMAP","geoservice":"geonames","types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"maxzoom":false,"width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"wmsoverlay":false,"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":14,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"markercluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"tilt":0,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"fusiontables":[],"searchmarkers":"","enablefullscreen":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":-8.783195,"lon":34.508523,"icon":""}]} Hide Map
References:	Shannon Cowlin, Donna Heimiller, Dan Bilello and Dave Renee, Technical Potential of Solar Energy to Address Energy Poverty and Avoid GHG Emissions in Africa, NREL (2008)

This analysis explores the technical potential of photovoltaics (PV) or concentrating solar power (CSP) to address energy poverty in Africa through a geographic information system (GIS) screening of solar resource data developed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Technical Potential of Solar Energy to Address Energy Poverty and Avoid GHG Emissions in Africa

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