Wind energy development in sub-Saharan Africa : application of the SATSA framework

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Ameen, A.M.
Lalk, Jorg

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Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering

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There is a need for a framework that can be applied to wind energy developments in the sub-Saharan African (SSA) context that will facilitate technology-sustainable assessments to promote wind energy. This paper applies such a framework to potential wind energy developments in Namibia and Mozambique. In addition, the use of a system dynamics approach allows for wind turbine and power considerations to be adequately integrated into the application of the framework. The study applies the framework to both these countries to develop an outlook for potential wind energy developments. This results in the identification of key success factors.
Hierdie artikel identifiseer ’n behoefte aan ’n stelsel raamwerk met toepassing in wind energie stelsels in Afrika suid van die Sahara. Sodanige raamwerk moet volhoubaar binne konteks toegepas word. Hierdie studie fokus op sodanige toepassing in Namibië en Mosambiek. Behalwe vir die toepassing van sodanige raamwerk, maak hierdie navorsing ook gebruik van ’n stelsel dinamika benadering. Hierdie tegniek is veral van hulp tydens die integrasie van wind turbine en energie oorwegings as deel van ’n stelsel raamwerk. Hierdie studie fokus ook op die toepassing van sodanige raamwerk in Namibië en Mosambiek om daardeur ’n wetenskaplike oorsig van wind energie potensiaal aldaar te skets. Hieruit volg die identifisering van sleutel sukses faktore relevant tot wind energie stelsels.

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Wind energy, Namibia, Mozambique, Wind energie, Mosambiek, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Afrika suid van die Sahara, Namibië, Systems approach to technology sustainability assessment (SATSA)

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Ameen, A.M. & Lalk, J. 2019, 'Wind energy development in sub-Saharan Africa : application of the SATSA framework', South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 176-189.