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Solar or diesel: A comparison of costs for groundwater‐fed irrigation in Sub‐Saharan Africa under two energy solutions

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Title Solar or diesel: A comparison of costs for groundwater‐fed irrigation in Sub‐Saharan Africa under two energy solutions
 
Creator Xie, H.
Ringler, Claudia
Mondal, Md. A. H.
 
Description Sub-Saharan Africa has long been beset with food insecurity and energy poverty. Expanding irrigated agriculture can help boost food production in the region, but this requires energy for accessing water, especially in groundwater-fed irrigation. This paper compared economic performance of groundwater pumping for irrigation under two energy solutions: solar photovoltaic (PV) and diesel fuel. We estimated the life-cycle costs of the power units of two pumping systems for a range of crop and irrigation method scenarios and mapped their relative cost-effectiveness over cropland in sub-Saharan Africa. As a renewable and clean energy source, solar energy has attracted much attention and there is keen interest in investing in solar PV to support the development of irrigated agriculture. Results of this study provide insights into the prospects of promoting solar irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa.
 
Date 2021-04
2021-12-28T03:42:33Z
2021-12-28T03:42:33Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Xie, H.; Ringler, C.; Mondal, Md. A. H. 2021. Solar or diesel: A comparison of costs for groundwater‐fed irrigation in Sub‐Saharan Africa under two energy solutions. Earth's Future 9(4): e2020EF001611. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001611
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/117254
https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001611
Variability, Risks and Competing Uses
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 9(4): e2020EF001611
 
Publisher American Geophysical Union (AGU)
 
Source Earth's Future