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Optimal Electrification Using Renewable Energies: Microgrid Installation Model with Combined Mixture k-Means Clustering Algorithm, Mixed Integer Linear Programming, and Onsset Method

Moyème Kabe,
Yao Bokovi,
Kwami Senam Sedzro,
Pidéname Takouda and
Yendoubé Lare

Energies2024, 17(12), 3022;https://doi.org/10.3390/en17123022

19 June 2024

Optimal planning and design of microgrids are priorities in the electrification of off-grid areas. Indeed, in one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 7), the UN recommends universal access to electricity for all at the lowest cost. Several opti...

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The Role of Open Access Data in Geospatial Electrification Planning and the Achievement of SDG7. An OnSSET-Based Case Study for Malawi

Alexandros Korkovelos,
Babak Khavari,
Andreas Sahlberg,
Mark Howells and
Christopher Arderne

Energies2019, 12(7), 1395;https://doi.org/10.3390/en12071395

11 April 2019

Achieving universal access to electricity is a development challenge many countries are currently battling with. The advancement of information technology has, among others, vastly improved the availability of geographic data and information. That, i...

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Comparison of Least-Cost Pathways towards Universal Electricity Access in Somalia over Different Timelines

Andreas Sahlberg,
Babak Khavari,
Ismail Mohamed and
Francesco Fuso Nerini

Energies2023, 16(18), 6489;https://doi.org/10.3390/en16186489

8 September 2023

Access to electricity is a prerequisite for development, included in both the Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union’s Agenda 2063. Still, universal access to electricity is elusive to large parts of the global population. In...

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36 Pages

Influence of Electrification Pathways in the Electricity Sector of Ethiopia—Policy Implications Linking Spatial Electrification Analysis and Medium to Long-Term Energy Planning

Ioannis Pappis,
Andreas Sahlberg,
Tewodros Walle,
Oliver Broad,
Elusiyan Eludoyin,
Mark Howells and
Will Usher

Energies2021, 14(4), 1209;https://doi.org/10.3390/en14041209

23 February 2021

Ethiopia is a low-income country, with low electricity access (45%) and an inefficient power transmission network. The government aims to achieve universal access and become an electricity exporter in the region by 2025. This study provides an invalu...

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34 Pages

Supporting Electrification Policy in Fragile States: A Conflict-Adjusted Geospatial Least Cost Approach for Afghanistan

Alexandros Korkovelos,
Dimitrios Mentis,
Morgan Bazilian,
Mark Howells,
Anwar Saraj,
Sulaiman Fayez Hotaki and
Fanny Missfeldt-Ringius

Sustainability2020, 12(3), 777;https://doi.org/10.3390/su12030777

21 January 2020

Roughly two billion people live in areas that regularly suffer from conflict, violence, and instability. Infrastructure development in those areas is very difficult to implement and fund. As an example, electrification systems face major challenges s...

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Erratum: Korkovelos, A., et al. The Role of Open Access Data in Geospatial Electrification Planning and the Achievement of SDG7. An OnSSET-Based Case Study for Malawi. Energies 2019, 12(7), 1395

Alexandros Korkovelos,
Babak Khavari,
Andreas Sahlberg,
Mark Howells,
Christopher Arderne and
Dimitrios Mentis

Energies2020, 13(19), 5044;https://doi.org/10.3390/en13195044

24 September 2020

The authors wish to make a change in author names (adding new author—Dimitrios Mentis) to this paper [...]

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