Power sector renewable energy integration for expanding access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 630-642

  Suberu, Mohammed Yekini ^a   Mustafa, Mohd Wazir ^a   Bashir, Nouruddeen ^b   Muhamad, Nor Asiah ^b   Mokhtar, Ahmad Safawi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Integrated resource planning; Power sector; Renewable energy; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EMISSIONS REDUCTION; ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANNING; POWER GENERATION CAPACITIES; POWER SECTOR; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY INTEGRATIONS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; GREENHOUSE GASES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INTEGRATION;

EID: 84878837059     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.04.033     Document Type: Review

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