Analysis of potential for market penetration of renewable energy technologies in peripheral islands

Luis M Monteiro Alves, Anildo Lopes Costa and Maria da Graça Carvalho

Renewable Energy, 2000, vol. 19, issue 1, 311-317

Abstract: Cape Verde Islands have important energy and water problems that limit their social and economic development. A field study will be performed focused on Cape Verde Islands to describe the present and future regional power market and to give a clear indication of the best strategies for the optimization of the power energy supply mix in Cape Verde Islands. The study will take into consideration renewable energy technologies and the concerned social, economic and environmental aspects of a given set of possible strategies. One case study will be considered in detail: the situation of the Santo Antão Island. Different energy technologies will be considered: solar, wind, geothermal and biomass. The present structure of the energy sector (capacity, distribution); energy demand, supply and trend; generating plants and infrastructures of Santo Antão will be described.

Keywords: Cape Verde; Insular region; Energy self-sufficiency; Renewable energy; Sustainable development; Energy managment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(99)00046-4

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