IRENA said the research group that created the dataset defined the sites as model supply regions (MSRs). “The MSRs were then ranked from lowest to highest expected LCOE,” IRENA said. “It is seen that the most attractive locations (in LCOE terms) for solar PV plants tend to cluster near existing grid infrastructure, whereas the most attractive locations for wind power plants are spatially much more widely distributed,” the scientists said. IRENA presented the dataset in “An all-Africa dataset of energy model ‘supply regions' for solar photovoltaic and wind power,” which was recently published in Scientific Data. “Several improvements to the dataset are under consideration for the future,” concluded IRENA.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 24, 2022 09:38 UTC