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Modelling Renewable Energy Integration “A System Dynamics Approach": Case of Tanzania
(2018-09)The transition to a sustainable energy system is constrained by two key factors: fossil resource depletion and the rapid adverse effects of CO2 emissions leading to climate change. This thesis uses systems dynamics to ... -
Modelling the Determinants of Rooftop Solar PV adoption among Urban Households in Ghana
(PAUWES, 2021-11-25)The increasing calls for sustainable production and consumption of energy have led to a surge in the drive of governments across the world to invest in promoting the uptake of such technologies. Rooftop Solar PV systems ... -
Modelling the Future Energy Scenarios of Bamako City, Mali
(PAUWES, 2018-09)With the average energy use of 0.27 toe per capita, whereby 78 % came from traditional use of biomass in 2016, Mali is one of the poorest country energy use in the world and the situation is projected to be worse as the ... -
Modelling the next Energy Transition in Nigeria to Achieve Sustainable Development and Mitigate Climate Change
(PAUWES, 2018-09)Projections for future energy demand have time and time again been employed for the planning and sustainable utilisation of available energy resources. Having in perspective the current energy transition occurring globally, ... -
Overcoming Financial Barriers to Small Hydro Development in Kenya: The Role of Aggregation and its Policy Implications
(PAUWES, 2018-09)Small Hydro Power (SHP) generation is an important way to reduce the greenhouse gases and provide electricity to rural areas. To further the dissemination of SHP in order to address climate change and access to energy in ... -
POLICY ASSESSMENT OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY ON FUTURE ENERGY DEMAND OF THE INDUSTRIAL. SECTOR OF TANZANIA
(PAUWES, 2021-12-22)Industrialization has been the main policy agenda for the 5th phase of the government of Tanzania. This is pivotal to realizing Tanzania’s ambition to become a middle-income economy by 2025. Tanzania aims to become a ... -
Policy Framework for the Promotion of Digital Technology in Mini-grid Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. The case of Blockchain Technology
(PAUWES, 2020-12)The seventh United Nations Development Goals consists in ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. However, currently, only 44% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa has access to ... -
Potential Role of Renewable Energy into Energy Mix to Overcome Energy Shortfall in Niger. Case of Sékoukou Village
(PAUWES, 2019-10)Energy access is closely linked to any development. The lack of access to energy is a major obstacle to the development and the improvement of living conditions for developing countries. The most West African developing ... -
Renewable Energy Planning and Regulatory Policy: Tools for Sustainable Electricity Generation and Low Carbon Development. The Case of Ghana
(PAUWES, 2018-09)Renewable energy is very key to the development of Ghana especially for the replacement of fossil fuels which have become much a talk globally for contributing to climate change. Unfortunately, the country has seen little ... -
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDY OF BLOCKCHAIN BASED PEER-TO-PEER ENERGY SYSTEM IN RURAL AFRICA: Case Study Algeria
(PAUWES, 2021-11-18)Algeria is the Saharan Africa is still very far behind in terms of access to modern energy. 548 million people, which is 47% of the population still lack access to electricity in 2018 and unreliability of electricity ... -
Socioeconomic Impact Assessment Of Decentralized Hybrid (Photovoltaic & Genset) Technology In Rural Areas Of West Africa Case Study: Burkina Faso
(2017)Access to electricity is the key and driving force of all economic and social development of populations. Access to electricity is a collective supply that modernizes rural areas. It favours quantitative and qualitative ... -
Sustainable Energy Solution in Algeria: a Collection of Good Practices from SSB Japan's Project to Provide Effective Solutions for Energy Paradigm Shift
(PAUWES, 2021-09-18)The global energy demand is projected to increase, even in the face of substantial declines in fossil energy intensity because of energy demand needs of population and economic growth. Fossils fuels could not no longer ... -
The System Dynamics of Electricity Demand-Supply Gap in Sudan: The Socio-Economic Impacts and Integrated Modelling Approach
(PAUWES, 2019-10)Efficient and reliable electricity supply is critical for economic growth. Sudan is facing multiple challenges of meeting country's electricity requirement, finding suitable resource transition from depleting fossil fuels ... -
A Systems Dynamics approach to model Cameroon’s Sustainable Energy
(PAUWES, 2021-10)Energy is crucial for all development processes. Therefore, its availability in creating industries, processing raw materials and building a modern economy cannot be overemphasized. One of the challenges meeting the human ... -
TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT FOR A SOLAR PV MINI‐GRID (CASE STUDY OF MATEKENYA AREA, DOWA DISTRICT, MALAWI)
(PAUWES, 2021-11-16)Countries are trying to accomplish Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 7 which aims to achieve universal access to energy by 2030. However, electricity access in Africa is at 44% [1] which is very low as compared ... -
TECHNO-ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION AND ENERGY SCENARIO ANALYSIS OF ISOLATED MINI-GRID SYSTEMS IN NIGERIA
(PAUWES, 2021-11-24)This paper presents a feasibility analysis of the technical, environmental, and economic sustainability of an existing mini-grid system in Nigeria by investigating the cost as well as other operational parameters. The ... -
Towards a Systemic Approach to Energy Transformation in Algeria
(PAUWES, 2021-11-17)Concerns over climate and sustainable natural resources management have stimulated calls for a transformation in global energy systems. The situation is even more interesting in countries with a high level of fossil ... -
Utilizing A Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach To Evaluate Sustainability Of Renewable Energy Generation Sources In Uganda
(2017)There are increasing concerns on utilization of energy resources ranging from perceived economic, technical, environmental and socio political risks in the deployment of renewable energy systems which affects the suitability ... -
Valuation of CO2 Emissions Reduction from Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects in Africa: A Case Study of Burkina Faso
(PAUWES, 2020-12)Africa contributes to about 2% of global energy related carbon emissions but remains the most vulnerable region to the impacts of the global rising temperatures caused by them. 52 African countries including Burkina Faso ...