Disseminating Renewable Energy Technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa

1.0 THE ENERGY SECTOR IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 1.1 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 1.2 Potential Role of Renewables in Addressing the Energy Problems of SSA . . . . . . 393 2.0 BIO-ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES .... . ......... .. . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . .. 395 2.1 Large-Scale Bio-Energy Technologies 396 2.2 Small-Scale Bio-Energy Technologies 399 3.0 SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SySTEMS . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . .. . . .. . .. . . . 403 4.0 SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 5.0 WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES . .. . . .. . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . , 410 6.0 RENEW ABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA-THE WAY FORWARD . . . .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . ... . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 411 6.1 Overcoming the Barriers to Widescale Dissemination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 1 6.2 Encouraging Large-Scale Dissemination of Renewable Energy Technologies. . . 4 1 3

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