Continental-scale assessment of the African offshore wind energy potential: Spatial analysis of an under-appreciated renewable energy resource

• Published in: Renewable & sustainable energy reviews Vol. 104; pp. 394 - 407
• Main Author: Elsner, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2019
• Subjects: Africa; Energy and development; Energy poverty; Offshore wind energy; Resource potential analysis; Energy and development; Offshore wind energy; Resource potential analysis; Africa; Energy poverty

Offshore wind energy is rapidly becoming a technology that developing countries could consider because project costs have recently fallen substantially. Further reductions are expected as the industry matures. For most African coastal states, specific information about their offshore wind potential...