Solar Potential Area in Rwanda (Direct Normal Irradiation: DNI in kWh/m2/year)
Project: Rwanda: Energy Development Plan to decarbonize the Economy
Prepared for Power Shift Africa, prepared by the Institute for Sustainable Futures, The University of Technology Sydney.
Scenario 1: Available land—excluding protected areas (PA), extreme topography (slope > 30%, S30), solar irradiation (DNI < 1,000kWh/m2 year), and certain land-cover classes (closed forests, wetlands, moss and lichen, snow and ice, and water (permanent water bodies)) (LU).
Scenario 2: Available land – -excluding areas for Scenario 1 (LU+PA +S30) + areas outside a 10km radius of existing transmission lines (PT10).
Cities in Rwanda
Source: ESRI
Transmission Lines in Rwanda
Source: Energy Utility Corporation Limited (EUCL)
Rwanda
Source: ESRI
Rwanda Provinces
Source: ESRI
Scenario 1: Modelling Region
Solar Potential Area (total): 16,177 km 2
Solar Energy Potential (total): 404 GW
Scenario 1: Solar Potential Area
DNI (kWh/m2/year)
Scenario 2: Modelling Region
Solar Potential Area (total): 15,540 km 2
Solar Energy Potential (total): 388 GW
Scenario 2: Solar Potential Area
DNI (kWh/m2/year)
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