Economic evaluation of hybrid energy systems for rural electrification in six geo-political zones of Nigeria

Renewable Energy

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 435-446

  Olatomiwa, Lanre ^a,b   Mekhilef, Saad ^a   Huda, A S N ^a   Ohunakin, Olanyinka S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c Mechanical Engineering Department Covenant University ^*  (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Economic evaluation; Hybrid system; Nigeria; Optimization; Rural electrification

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; HYBRID SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; WIND TURBINES;

COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; DECENTRALIZED ELECTRICITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; NIGERIA; OPTIMUM ARCHITECTURES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION;

RURAL AREAS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GEOPOLITICS; HYBRID; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RURAL AREA; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION;

NIGERIA;

EID: 84929353059     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.04.057     Document Type: Article

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