Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley have used resource mapping tools to develop a strategy for developing renewable energy in African and eastern the Sahara Desert . The 21 countries researchers analysed have abundant renewable energy resources and with the right strategy for placing solar and wind farms, along with cross-border sharing of electricity, most African countries could reduce the amount of fossil fuel and hydro capacity they needed to build, reducing infrastructure costs by perhaps billions of dollars . Choosing wind sites where generation matches demand is cheaper than choosing sites with the greatest energy production, the report added.
University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have used resource mapping tools to develop a strategy for developing renewable energy in Southern and eastern Africa. The 21 countries researchers analysed have abundant renewable energy resources and with the right strategy for placing solar and wind farms, along with cross-border sharing of electricity, most African countries could reduce the amount of fossil fuel and hydro capacity they needed to build, reducing infrastructure costs by billions of dollars. Choosing wind sites where generation matches demand is cheaper than choosing sites with the greatest energy production, the report added.