Persistence of the high solar potential in Africa in a changing climate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15550312 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pedro M M Soares (0000-0002-9155-5874, University of Lisbon, corresponding author), M C Brito (0000-0002-3580-3474, University of Lisbon), João António Martins Careto (0000-0002-7489-5113, University of Lisbon) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 124036-124036 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ab51a1 |
| OpenAlex | W2982324654 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 67 |
The African continent faces several challenges and threats: high vulnerability to climate change, the fastest population increase, the lowest degree of electrification and the need for an energy transition towards renewable energies. Solar energy constitutes a viable option for addressing these issues. In a changing climate the efficient implementation of solar capacity should rely on comprehensive information about the solar resource. Here, the newest and highest resolution regional climate simulation results are used to project the future photovoltaic and concentrated solar power potentials for Africa. We show that the high potentials for solar energy will not be reduced much throughout Africa with climate change. However, the PV solar potential is projected to decrease up to about −10% in limited areas of eastern central Africa; increases are also projected to the northwest and southern Africa (up to about +5%). These changes are mostly determined by changes in solar irradiance but in certain areas the warming is a critical factor limiting PV potential
Climate change · Climatology · Concentrated solar power · Electricity · Electrification · Geography · Limiting · Meteorology · Photovoltaic system · Physics · Population · Power (physics · Renewable energy · Solar energy · Solar irradiance · Solar Power · Solar Resource · Energy and Environment Impacts · Engineering · Environmental Science · Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques · Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |