Review of best practices of solar electricity resources applications in selected Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries

Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries present abundant solar potential, which to some extent has been exploited for electricity production. However, the largest part of this potential remains still unexploited. The scope of this paper is to present the best practices in exploiting solar ener...

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Published inRenewable & sustainable energy reviews Vol. 15; no. 6; pp. 2838 - 2849
Main Authors Tsikalakis, Antonis, Tomtsi, T., Hatziargyriou, N.D., Poullikkas, A., Malamatenios, Ch, Giakoumelos, E., Jaouad, O. Cherkaoui, Chenak, A., Fayek, A., Matar, T., Yasin, A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2011
Elsevier
SeriesRenewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Subjects
Applied sciences
Best practice
Concentrating solar power
Distributed energy resources
Distributed energy resources Photovoltaic (PV) Renewable energy sources (RES) Concentrating solar power Power systems MENA countries
Electric potential
Electricity
Electrification
Energy
Exact sciences and technology
Markets
MENA countries
Photovoltaic (PV)
Power plants
Power systems
Renewable energy sources
Renewable energy sources (RES)
rural electrification
Solar energy
Middle East
Northern Africa
Africa
Photovoltaic (PV)
MENA countries
Power systems
Concentrating solar power
Renewable energy sources (RES)
Distributed energy resources
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Summary:Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries present abundant solar potential, which to some extent has been exploited for electricity production. However, the largest part of this potential remains still unexploited. The scope of this paper is to present the best practices in exploiting solar energy in selected MENA countries. First the general structure of energy market related to Renewable Energy Sources (RES) for each analyzed country is presented. Then the exploitation of solar energy via PVs with special focus to the achievements in rural electrification, which could be used as a paradigm for other countries with similar problems, is displayed. MENA countries are promising for the wide application of concentrating solar plants (CSP), as recent research has shown, and some interesting applications in this area, also presented in this paper, have started being implemented.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2011.03.005
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ISSN:1364-0321
1879-0690
DOI:10.1016/j.rser.2011.03.005