Nyarko Kofi, Whale Jonathan, Urmee Tania
Department of Energy Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Koforidua Technical University, P. O. Box KF 981, Koforidua, Ghana.
Discipline of Engineering and Energy, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia.
Heliyon. 2023 May 26;9(6):e16710. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16710. eCollection 2023 Jun.
Off-grid hybrid power systems with renewable energy as the primary resource remain the best option to electrify rural/remote areas in developing countries to help attain universal electricity access by 2030. However, deploying these systems in West Africa faces several challenges and regularly fail to transition from pilot, donor-sponsored projects to sustainable large-scale implementations. The study examined the drivers and challenges by conducting a review of previous studies done in the region and a short survey in Ghana. Using Political, Economic, Social, Technical, Legal and Environmental dimensions, the review and survey showed that economic challenges have the worst impacts on the sustainable development of off-grid renewable energy-based power systems in WA. Further, the analysis revealed patterns and linkages among the challenges that make it detrimental to focus solely on the most pressing challenges.
以可再生能源为主要资源的离网混合电力系统仍然是发展中国家农村/偏远地区电气化的最佳选择,有助于在2030年前实现普遍通电。然而,在西非部署这些系统面临着诸多挑战,并且经常无法从由捐助者资助的试点项目过渡到可持续的大规模实施项目。该研究通过回顾该地区以前的研究并在加纳进行简短调查,考察了驱动因素和挑战。利用政治、经济、社会、技术、法律和环境维度,该回顾和调查表明,经济挑战对西非基于离网可再生能源的电力系统的可持续发展影响最为严重。此外,分析揭示了这些挑战之间的模式和联系,这使得仅关注最紧迫的挑战是有害的。