TY - GEN
T1 - Electricity access in Sub-Saharan Africa - Case for renewable energy sources microgrid
AU - Longe, O. M.
AU - Oluwajobi, F. I.
AU - Omowole, F.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Universal electricity access is a discourse that is essential for the overall socio-economic development of the world. In Sub-Saharan Africa, 56.9% of her population (589 million people) is without access to electricity, a situation that has affected the socio-economic development of the region. Meeting universal electricity access through grid extension has faced challenges such as high cost of transmission grid extension, transmission losses, CO 2 and other greenhouse gas emissions and high operation and maintenance cost of transmission lines. This paper assesses the potential of renewable energy sources against grid extension in Sub-Saharan Africa to meet her electricity demand, even in the face of a growing population. Renewable energy technology microgrids is proposed as a better solution for universal electricity access in unelectrified areas where the cost of grid extension exceeds the cost of a microgrid, which is the case for most rural areas. Using microgrids with renewables will further reduce the risk to life caused by CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions.
AB - Universal electricity access is a discourse that is essential for the overall socio-economic development of the world. In Sub-Saharan Africa, 56.9% of her population (589 million people) is without access to electricity, a situation that has affected the socio-economic development of the region. Meeting universal electricity access through grid extension has faced challenges such as high cost of transmission grid extension, transmission losses, CO 2 and other greenhouse gas emissions and high operation and maintenance cost of transmission lines. This paper assesses the potential of renewable energy sources against grid extension in Sub-Saharan Africa to meet her electricity demand, even in the face of a growing population. Renewable energy technology microgrids is proposed as a better solution for universal electricity access in unelectrified areas where the cost of grid extension exceeds the cost of a microgrid, which is the case for most rural areas. Using microgrids with renewables will further reduce the risk to life caused by CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions.
KW - grid extension
KW - microgrid
KW - renewable energy
KW - Universal electricity access
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84894162711&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/NIGERCON.2013.6715664
DO - 10.1109/NIGERCON.2013.6715664
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84894162711
SN - 9781479920174
T3 - 2nd International Conference on Emerging and Sustainable Technologies for Power and ICT in a Developing Society, IEEE NIGERCON 2013 - Proceedings
SP - 253
EP - 257
BT - 2nd International Conference on Emerging and Sustainable Technologies for Power and ICT in a Developing Society, IEEE NIGERCON 2013 - Proceedings
T2 - 2013 2nd IEEE International Conference on Emerging and Sustainable Technologies for Power and ICT in a Developing Society, IEEE NIGERCON 2013
Y2 - 14 November 2013 through 16 November 2013
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