TY - JOUR
T1 - Solar energy resource assessment of the geba catchment, Northern Ethiopia
AU - Mahmud, Anwar Mustefa
AU - Kahsay, Mulu Bayray
AU - Hailesilasie, Asfafaw
AU - Hagos, Ftwi Yohaness
AU - Gebray, Petros
AU - Kelele, Hailay Kiros
AU - Gebrehiwot, Kindeya
AU - Bauer, Hans
AU - Deckers, Seppe
AU - De Baerdemaeker, Josse
AU - Driesen, Johan
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like acknowledge The authors acknowledge the financial support of the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR) under the framework of ‘VLIR & Mekelle University Inter University Partnership Programme, 2003– 2013; subproject Farm Technology’, the National Agricultural Research Fund (NARF) of Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), the Norwegian Programme for Development, Research and Education (NUFU) and Norad's Master Programme for Energy and Petroleum (EnPe).
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PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The global shift towards renewable energy is manifested in developing countries such as Ethiopia primarily because of continuous economic growth in the last two decades and secondly due to the vast untapped potential resources. In addition to other factors, the lack of accurate data of the resources has, however, hampered the development of solar energy technologies. The aim of this paper is to investigate the resource estimation by undertaking direct measurements at selected sites in the Northern part of Ethiopia. This paper presents an assessment of the solar energy resource based on the primary data collected between January 2011 and December 2012. The daily and monthly average global solar radiation is analyzed based on the 10 minute interval measurement retrieved from the data loggers. From the analysis it is seen that the measured values give a better accuracy and distribution of the global solar radiation than earlier Fig.s that were based on satellite images and model calculations. Furthermore, these results can be used to determine the solar resource potential of Northern Ethiopia for further energy development.
AB - The global shift towards renewable energy is manifested in developing countries such as Ethiopia primarily because of continuous economic growth in the last two decades and secondly due to the vast untapped potential resources. In addition to other factors, the lack of accurate data of the resources has, however, hampered the development of solar energy technologies. The aim of this paper is to investigate the resource estimation by undertaking direct measurements at selected sites in the Northern part of Ethiopia. This paper presents an assessment of the solar energy resource based on the primary data collected between January 2011 and December 2012. The daily and monthly average global solar radiation is analyzed based on the 10 minute interval measurement retrieved from the data loggers. From the analysis it is seen that the measured values give a better accuracy and distribution of the global solar radiation than earlier Fig.s that were based on satellite images and model calculations. Furthermore, these results can be used to determine the solar resource potential of Northern Ethiopia for further energy development.
KW - Assessment
KW - Resource potential
KW - Solar radiation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.10.116
DO - 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.10.116
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84922284317
SN - 1876-6102
VL - 57
SP - 1266
EP - 1274
JO - Energy Procedia
JF - Energy Procedia
T2 - 2013 ISES Solar World Congress, SWC 2013
Y2 - 3 November 2013 through 7 November 2013
ER -