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Renewable energy deployment policy-instruments for Cameroon: Implications on energy security, climate change mitigation and sustainable development

  • Enow-Arrey, Frankline
    • Bulletin of the Korea Photovoltaic Society
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.56-68
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    • 2020

  • Cameroon is a lower middle-income country with a population of 25.87 million inhabitants distributed over a surface area of 475,442 ㎢. Cameroon has very rich potentials in renewable energy resources such as solar energy, wind energy, small hydropower, geothermal energy and biomass. However, renewable energy constitutes less than 0.1% of energy mix of the country. The energy generation mix of Cameroon is dominated by large hydropower and thermal power. Cameroon ratified the Paris Agreement in July 2016 with an ambitious 20% greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction. This study attempts to investigate some renewable energy deployment policy-instruments that could enable the country enhance renewable energy deployment, gain energy independence, fulfill Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and achieve Sustainable Development Goals. It begins with an analysis of the status of energy sector in Cameroon. It further highlights the importance of renewable energy in mitigating climate change by decarbonizing the energy mix of the country to fulfill NDC and SDGs. Moreover, this study proposes some renewable energy deployment policy-solutions to the government. Solar energy is the most feasible renewable energy source in Cameroon. Feed-in Tariffs (FiT), is the best renewable energy support policy for Cameroon. Finally, this study concludes with some recommendations such as the necessity of building an Energy Storage System as well a renewable energy information and statistics infrastructure.

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A Study on the Methodology of Building Energy Consumption Estimation and Energy Independence Rate for Zero Energy City Planning Phase (제로에너지시티 계획을 위한 건물에너지 수요 예측 방법론 개발 및 자립률 산정에 대한 연구)

  • Bae, Eun-ji;Yoon, Yong Sang
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.39 no.5
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    • pp.29-40
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    • 2019

  • In response to the rapid climate change, in order to save energy in the field of buildings, the country is planning not only zero energy buildings but also zero energy cities. In the Urban Development Project, the Energy Use Plan Report is prepared and submitted by predicting the amount of energy demand at the planning stage. However, due to the activation of zero-energy buildings and the increase in the supply of new and renewable energy facilities, the energy consumption behavior of buildings in the city is changing from the previous ones. In this study, to estimate urban energy demand of Zero Energy City, building energy demand forecasts based on "Passive plans for use of energy based primary energy consumption", "Actual building energy usage data from Korea Appraisal Board" and "data from Certification of Building Energy Efficiency Rating" as well as demand forecast according to existing "Consultation about Energy Use Plan Code" were calculated and then applied to Multifunctional Administrative City 5-1 zone to compare urban total energy demand forecasts.

  • https://doi.org/10.7836/kses.2019.39.5.029 인용 PDF KSCI

Case Study for Energy Conservation Measures of Hospital Buildings Using the Analysis of Energy Consumption Structure (의료시설 에너지절약 운영방법 도출을 위한 사례분석을 통한 에너지 영향요소 분석)

  • Lee, Sangmoon;Cho, Jinkyun
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.57-69
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    • 2019

  • Because the hospital building operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for treatment and restoration of patients, it has a different pattern of energy use than that of ordinary buildings. Hospitals contribute to energy consumption and have a negative environmental impact. This study aims to find how meaningful energy performance, reflecting good energy management and ECMs, can be operated for hospital buildings, a category encompassing complex buildings with different systems and large differences between them. In this study, we proposed the energy diagnosis & evaluation method and energy management process to verify energy saving through operation data based on system & facility characteristics, operation pattern and energy consumption characteristics of hospital building. Energy consumption structures were surveyed throughout 4 reference hospital in Seoul, Korea. Findings confirm that different hospital departments have hugely different energy-demand profiles. Energy efficiency and energy saving potentials are presented. The energy performance analysis can be applied to a wide range of problems in energy-system operation.

  • https://doi.org/10.7836/kses.2019.39.2.057 인용 PDF KSCI HTML