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Climate Change And Natural Disasters In Africa; Case Study Of Rwanda
(2016)
Different theories emphasize the role climate change plays in the actual abnormal occurrence of climate related natural disasters. This is a stressful issue for researchers, Scientifics and politicians due to inevitable ...
Geothermal Electricity Compared To Electricity From Other Sources In Kenya
(2016)
Kenya's energy mix is predominantly renewables; more than 80 percent of electricity is generated from locally available renewable sources. To lessen the pressure put by economic growth on the electricity supply and to meet ...
Modelling the Impact of Land Use Changes on Hydrology using HBV-Light
(2016)
During the last years, problems of flows risks have become a very interesting issue in Tunisia due to many factors such as changes in the land use. Deforestation together with agriculture expansion, due to the anthropogenic ...
Assessing the Needs, Gaps and Capacity Development Requirements for Open Source Tools for Energy Planning and Investment for Climate Action in Africa
(PAUWES, 2016-08-28)
Africa is highly endowed with all forms of energy resources – both fossil and renewables. Yet, the continent is the only region in the world with the lowest access rate to electricity and clean energy for cooking. Accelerated ...
Assessing The Impact Of Climate Change On Hydropower Generation In Kenya A Case Study Of Upper Tana River Basin
(2016)
Hydropower is currently Kenya’s second most dominant source of renewable electrical energy accounting for close to 49 per cent of power supply. The main source of hydropower in Kenya is the seven forks dams located in the ...
The Effect of Boreholes on the Traditional Modes of Distribution of Irrigation Water in the South of Algeria, Case Study Foggaras of Timimoun
(2016)
In the heart of the Algerian Sahara, Timimoun is characterized by arid climate, marked by low rainfall, high temperatures, causing heavy losses by evaporation, these climatic conditions are the cause of the scarcity of ...
Runoff Response To Climate Variability: An Analysis Of Thika River Basin In Kenya
(2016)
Changes in climatic conditions have greatly affected surface runoff and stream flows both at local and global scale. This has led to adverse effects on surface run off and climatic system as a whole. Research on these ...
Potential for Organic Rankine Cycle Plants in Kenya
(2016)
Binary power plants utilizing Organic Rankine Cycle is a the most preferred way of utilizing geothermal resource that is water dominated or has low to medium enthalpy and a new way that is gaining momentum is the use of ...
Investigation On The Utilization Of Slaughter Waste Potential Towards Energy Self-Sufficiency At Kumasi Abattoir Company Limited In Ghana
(2016)
Biogas, a sustainable renewable energy form, is at a starting point of market development in Ghana. Due to its economic growth and development of the regulatory environment, the Ghanaian renewable energy sector is attractive ...
Development of Renewable Energy System Planning for Rural Electrification, Case Study Rwanda
(2016)
Rwanda is currently experiencing daily load energy crisis. The Rwandan utility supply is not ever handling the increase of energy demand. Bugesera district is one of the district which are facing energy issue to improve ...