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A Comparative Assessment Of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems For Sustainable Rural Electrification In Cameroon
(2017)Cameroon is blessed with a vast potential of renewable energy resources: solar, biomass, hydropower, wind and geothermal energies. These resources are currently poorly developed and valorised. The country depends mainly ... -
Analysis of Abattoir Waste for Biogas Production in Kumasi Ghana
(PAUWES, 2018-09)Animal rumen content and blood waste have been found to increase the economic feasibility of biogas plants. However, there are problems that may occur in a full-scale biogas plant using abattoir waste which can have ... -
Assessing Solar Energy Potential over West Africa under Climate Change: The Case of Niger
(PAUWES, 2018-09)In the context of climate mitigation and adaptation for sustainable development and given the rising energy consumption as a result of economic development and human population growth, renewable and clean energy alternatives ... -
Assessment of Biofuel Potential on Marginal Lands and from Waste Vegetable Oil Resources in a Ghana
(PAUWES, 2019-10)Climate change and its numerous effects has called for the need to consider green and cleansourced energy alternatives. Biofuel promises to be a great option. This research aims at Assessing the Biofuel Potential on ... -
Assessment of Maize and Rice Residues for Rural Electrification in Ghana: A Case Study in Ejisu-Juaben District
(2017)The study assesses the potential of maize and rice residues for rural electrification in Ghana using Ejisu-Juaben District as a case study. The focus of the thesis was based on agriculture residues pathways for rural ... -
Assessment of Technical Potential of Agricultural Waste to Bio-Energy in Botswana
(PAUWES, 2018-09)"The global impact of energy demand and the unstable fuel prices to power national economies have not only affected the industrious countries but all countries and the most hard hit are poor and developing nations. The ... -
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 ... -
Evaluating the Critical Role of Modern Bioenergy in the Transition to Low Carbon Development in Africa
(2016)Clean and improved energy access is of paramount importance to the African continent and the globe at large due to persistent increase in energy demand and the challenge of climate change. This paper is aimed at evaluating ... -
Feasibility study of offshore utility-scale wind farms implementation in Tunisia
(PAUWES, 2021-11-24)Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of our society due to its adverse impact on the earth ecosystem and on the world economy. Improving energy system efficiencies and the massive expansion of renewable ... -
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 ... -
Life Cycle Assessment On Economic Feedbacks In The Charcoal Value Chain In Lusaka District, Zambia
(2017)Charcoal production and trade in much of southern Africa, Zambia included is presented as a set of activities with adverse environmental impacts largely because the socio-economic benefits of charcoal production and trade ... -
Optimal Sizing of a Microgrid System using HOMER Software: A Case Study for a University Campus
(PAUWES, 2021-10-10)The rapid depletion of fossil fuels and the drive to reduce carbon emissions have resulted in a greater emphasis on renewable energy resources. The use of renewable energy resources benefits both the community and the ... -
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 ... -
Renewable Energy Development “An Analysis of Investment Models” Case of Zimbabwe
(PAUWES, 2021-11-25)Zimbabwe is endowed with a vast renewable energy resource base that is currently under-utilized presenting a big scope for investment opportunities. Faced with a growing population and an increase in energy demand, it is ... -
Sustainability Assessment Of Micro Hydropower Projects: Kenyan Case Study
(2016)This thesis assesses the sustainability of community-based micro hydropower projects in remote villages of Kenya. Currently, these projects are very attractive for rural electrification and private industries. The study ... -
Sustainability of Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Systems on the Energy Transition in Algeria
(2016)Economic development and high population growth are the causes of the increasing energy demand in Algeria. Algeria relies mainly on the fossil fuels to supply the increasing energy demand. Although this long adopted pattern ... -
TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC HYBRID POWER SYSTEM IN IN SIERRA LEONE, WEST AFRICA “A case study of Masunthu village”
(PAUWES, 2019-11-15)Access to clean and affordable electricity is a fundamental pillar of the United Nations sustainable development goal 7 (United Nations, 2018). In Sierra Leone, less than ten percent of rural communities have access to ... -
The Effect Of Biochar On Biogas Yield From Anaerobic Digestion Of Food Waste And Upgrading Of Biogas
(2017)It has been shown that, the increase of greenhouse gases come from conversional energy resources, inadequate waste management technologies, deforestation grow rate and decrease of soil fertility are affecting worldwide ...