AFRETEP, Rural Electrification Options, 12-2010

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AFRETEP project:Rural electrificationoptions for Africa

Institute for Energy, JRC Ispra 6 December 2010 17:00-17:30


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Irene PINEDO PASCUA

Postdoctoral Researcher,

Renewable Energy Unit

Institute for Energy, DG JRC,

European Commission


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Scientific and Technical Support to Sustainable

Energy Development in Africa:Rural Electrification, Renewable Energy and

Communication. Funded by: European Commission, EuropeAid Co-operation Office.

Implemented by: European Commission - Joint Research CentreInstitute for Energy, Renewable Energy Unit (REU).

Duration: 3 years (August 2009).

Objective: to contribute to understand the potential for renewable energyoptions in Africa for increased access to electrification in rural areas.

The project


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The project

Establishing a network

of institutions.

Tasks

Scientific and technological

knowledge sharing.

Support sustainable energy

planning for rural electrification.


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Establishing a network of institutions

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African Renewable Energy Technology Platform(AFRETEP).

1stAFRETEP meeting: Cameroon: cole Nationale Suprieure Polytechnique (ENSP), University of Yaounde I. Senegal: Centre d'tudes et de Recherches sur les Energies Renouvelables (CERER)

Uganda: Center for Research in Energy and Energy Conservation (CREEC), MakerereUniversity. Ethiopia : Research and Development Directorate, Ministry of Mines and Energy Burkina Faso: Fondation 2iE - Groupe EIER - ETSHER International Institute for Water

and Environmental Engineering Ghana: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST), Technology

Consultancy Centre Tanzania: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology,

University of Dar es Salaam Botswana: Centre of Study in Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Department of

Mechanical Engineering, University of Botswana ECOWAS: ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) EU: Renewable Energy Unit, Institute for Energy, Joint Research Centre


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Scientific and technological knowledge sharing. Increase cooperation.

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Capacity building of African researchers andstudents.Training, workshops, visiting scientists,

Publishing articles in peer reviewed journals.

European Solar Test Installation Laboratory


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Support sustainable energy planning for rural electrification.

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Gather high quality renewable energy resourcegeographical information in Africa (solar, wind, hydro,

biomass, geothermal) and make it accessible via

AFRETEP website.

Develop a consolidated technical and socio-economic

base for assessing rural electrification projects.


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Decision support

system tool

Social/Demographic data(demand distribution,

consumption pattern, level of

service, willingness to pay, etc.)

Technical data(configuration, sizing,

performance, etc.)

Resource maps

(solar, wind, biomass, electricitytransmission network)

Economic data(discount rate, costs, O&M, etc.)

Existing energy

planning tools

New methodologies

Database of geographical datasets. WEB interface, easy to use.Allow input from the user. Continental scale. Compare different technological.options for rural electrification.

Scenarios.


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Preliminary analysis

How much energy could be economically

supplied by using renewables?

PV minigrid, diesel minigrid and gridextension.

Continental scale.

Simple cash flow model. How much the electricity would cost?


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Data compilation


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Data compilation


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PVGIS solar radiation

database

(daily data 2002-2004).

System must not run out of energy more than 5% of

the days.

Daily energy consumption pattern: 1/3 daytime and

2/3 evening and night.

PV array size 15kWp; battery depends on location.

Total system looses: 30%.

Lifetime: 20 years PV modules and 5 yearsbatteries.

Investment costs: 2.5/Wp + 40% installation; 1.5

/Ah.

O&M: 1200/year.

Discount rate: 5%.

Sources

Assumptions

Results

PV minigrid electricity cost


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Results

PV vs. Diesel

Importance of the role played by fuel

taxation policies in PV competitiveness in

each country.


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3Ability/willingness to pay

Importance of financial mechanisms that could

reduce the burden of rural population on paying

for the improvement in energy services.

Cheapest technologyPopulation of the area [M.]


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Conclusions

At huge regions in Africa, PV is already a cost effective

option for rural electrification.

Electricity costs are highly influenced by social,

economic, technical and geographic characteristics.GIS is an appropriate tool to help in the decision

making process for rural electrification plans in Africa.

AFRETEP platform has already been set up; 10

centres; website; capacity building.


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Thanks for your attention

For more information, please contact:

[email protected]

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[email protected]@jrc.ec.europa.eu

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