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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/ab51a1
	Persistence of the high solar potential in Africa in a changing climate
	Soares P.M.M.; Brito M.C.; Careto J.A.M.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	17489318
卷号	14 期号:12
英文摘要	The African continent faces several challenges and threats: High vulnerability to climate change, the fastest population increase, the lowest degree of electrification and the need for an energy transition towards renewable energies. Solar energy constitutes a viable option for addressing these issues. In a changing climate the efficient implementation of solar capacity should rely on comprehensive information about the solar resource. Here, the newest and highest resolution regional climate simulation results are used to project the future photovoltaic and concentrated solar power potentials for Africa. We show that the high potentials for solar energy will not be reduced much throughout Africa with climate change. However, the PV solar potential is projected to decrease up to about-10% in limited areas of eastern central Africa; increases are also projected to the northwest and southern Africa (up to about +5%). These changes are mostly determined by changes in solar irradiance but in certain areas the warming is a critical factor limiting PV potential. © 2019 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.
英文关键词	Climate change; Photovoltaic production; Regional climate model
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Climate models; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Comprehensive information; Concentrated solar power; Efficient implementation; Energy transitions; Highest resolutions; Photovoltaic productions; Regional climate modeling; Regional climate simulation; Climate change; alternative energy; climate change; electrification; persistence; photovoltaic system; regional climate; solar power; vulnerability; Africa
来源期刊	Environmental Research Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/154291
作者单位	Instituto Dom Luiz (IDL), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande Edifício C8, Piso 3, Lisboa, 1749-016, Portugal
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Soares P.M.M.,Brito M.C.,Careto J.A.M.. Persistence of the high solar potential in Africa in a changing climate[J],2019,14(12).
APA	Soares P.M.M.,Brito M.C.,&Careto J.A.M..(2019).Persistence of the high solar potential in Africa in a changing climate.Environmental Research Letters,14(12).
MLA	Soares P.M.M.,et al."Persistence of the high solar potential in Africa in a changing climate".Environmental Research Letters 14.12(2019).