Avoiding ecosystem and social impacts of hydropower, wind, and solar in Southern Africa’s low-carbon electricity system

Autor: Grace C. Wu, Ranjit Deshmukh, Anne Trainor, Anagha Uppal, A. F. M. Kamal Chowdhury, Carlos Baez, Erik Martin, Jonathan Higgins, Ana Mileva, Kudakwashe Ndhlukula

Publikováno v: Nature Communications, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2024)

Abstract The scale at which low-carbon electricity will need to be deployed to meet economic growth, electrification, and climate goals in Africa is unprecedented, yet the potential land use and freshwater impacts from this massive build-out of energ

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Strategic siting and regional grid interconnections key to low-carbon futures in African countries

Autor: Amol Phadke, Jessica Reilly-Moman, Kudakwashe Ndhlukula, Tijana Radojicic, Daniel M. Kammen, Grace C. Wu, Duncan S. Callaway, Ranjit Deshmukh

Publikováno v: Wu, GC; Deshmukh, R; Ndhlukula, K; Radojicic, T; Reilly-Moman, J; Phadke, A; et al.(2017). Strategic siting and regional grid interconnections key to low-carbon futures in African countries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(15), E3004-E3012. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1611845114. UC Berkeley: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/9qt2s3z5
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol 114, iss 15

© 2017, National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Recent forecasts suggest that African countries must triple their current electricity generation by 2030. Our multicriteria assessment of wind and solar potential for large regions of Africa

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