Siting guidelines for concentrating solar power plants in the Sahel: Case study of Burkina Faso

Solar Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1545-1553

  Azoumah, Y ^a   Ramde E W ^b   Tapsoba, G ^a   Thiam, S ^a  

^a Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement   (Burkina Faso)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Concentrating solar power (CSP); Guidelines; Sahel

Indexed keywords

BURKINA FASO; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER PLANT; ENERGY SUPPLIES; SOLAR RESOURCES; TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT;

SOLAR ENERGY; SUN;

SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; GUIDELINE; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BURKINA FASO; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 77954311645     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2010.05.019     Document Type: Article

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