Renewable Energy 171 (2021) 747E763
Renewable Energy 171 (2021) 747e763 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Renewable Energy journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/renene Analysis and comparison of potential resources and new energy policy of Madagascar island; A review * Modeste Kameni Nematchoua a, b, a Beneficiary of an AXA Research Fund Postdoctoral Grant, Research Leaders Fellowships, AXA SA, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008, Paris, France b University of Liege, Urban AndEnvironmental Engineering Department, Local Environment Management & Analysis (LEMA), Allee de La Decouverte9, Quartier Polytech 1, BE-4000, Liege, Belgium article info abstract Article history: The aim of this research is to review the status and current trends about energy resources production Received 23 November 2019 potential and new energy policies in Madagascar to suggest possible solutions to help the government in Received in revised form its sustainable policy development. The results of this investigation showed that, nowadays in 9 February 2021 Madagascar, more than 80% of natural potential is remaining not exploited. What is more, in order to Accepted 14 February 2021 satisfy the demand of energy, the country will need to use up to 12,000 MW of its hydroelectric potential Available online 2 March 2021 and 10% of its solar potential that can be easily reached with a good energy policy. In this sense, an operating of only 20% of solar, hydraulic and wind power resources, in Madagascar, can cover the energy Keywords: fi Resource potential needs of all ve Indian Ocean countries on several years and, in particular, solar potential resulted sig- fi New energy policy ni cant in coastal zone of Madagascar.
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