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| DOI | 10.3390/su16041514 |
| Geospatial Analysis of Wind Energy Siting Suitability in the East African Community | |
| Bimenyimana, Samuel; Wang, Chen; Asemota, Godwin Norense Osarumwense; Ihirwe, Jeanne Paula; Tuyizere, Mucyo Ndera; Mwizerwa, Fidele; Mo, Yiyi; Abiyese, Martine | |
| 发表日期 | 2024 |
| EISSN | 2071-1050 |
| 起始页码 | 16 |
| 结束页码 | 4 |
| 卷号 | 16期号:4 |
| 英文摘要 | Site investigation is essential for developing and constructing a dependable and effective wind engineering project. Also, the kinetic energy of moving air, used to drive a wind turbine, produces electricity. Having seen the shortage of previous studies on wind energy sites' suitability across Africa and having read about the abundance of untapped wind energy resources in the East African region, this paper used Geographical Information System (GIS), multi-criteria, and Analytic Hierarchy techniques to provide a geospatial analysis of wind energy technology siting suitability in Eastern African Community Countries. Different data were acquired and processed from numerous open-access databases (Global Wind atlas, Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), African Geoportal, East African community website, and Energy data Info.org). The results reveal Kenya has large parts of its land areas highly appropriate for wind energy siting (15.26%) and 1.55% of its land classified as unsuitable for wind energy generation. The rates of suitability and unsuitability were respectively 26.57% and 4.87% for Burundi, 20.6% and 10.21% for Rwanda, 20.39% and 10.44% for Tanzania, and 4.65% and 27.15% for South Sudan. The findings also show that East Africa exhibits moderate levels of wind energy siting suitability, with an estimated average of around 37.27% of its land area moderately suitable for wind energy technology installation, covering thousands of square kilometers. The study is advantageous to academia and industry-related personnel engaged in renewable energy-related activities in other African countries with similar topographies. |
| 英文关键词 | climate change; geographical information system; spatial analysis; East Africa; wind energy |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| WOS类目 | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:001172490100001 |
| 来源期刊 | SUSTAINABILITY
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/299417 |
| 作者单位 | Huaqiao University; Huaqiao University; University of Rwanda; Hebei University of Technology; University of Rwanda; University of Rwanda |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Bimenyimana, Samuel,Wang, Chen,Asemota, Godwin Norense Osarumwense,et al. Geospatial Analysis of Wind Energy Siting Suitability in the East African Community[J],2024,16(4). |
| APA | Bimenyimana, Samuel.,Wang, Chen.,Asemota, Godwin Norense Osarumwense.,Ihirwe, Jeanne Paula.,Tuyizere, Mucyo Ndera.,...&Abiyese, Martine.(2024).Geospatial Analysis of Wind Energy Siting Suitability in the East African Community.SUSTAINABILITY,16(4). |
| MLA | Bimenyimana, Samuel,et al."Geospatial Analysis of Wind Energy Siting Suitability in the East African Community".SUSTAINABILITY 16.4(2024). |
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