TY - JFULL AU - J. Levodo and A. Ford and I. Chaer PY - 2015/5/ TI - Implementation of Renewable Energy Technologies in Rural Africa T2 - International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering SP - 445 EP - 453 VL - 9 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10000934 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 100, 2015 N2 - Africa enjoys some of the best solar radiation levels in the world averaging between 4-6 kWh/m2/day for most of the year and the global economic and political conditions that tend to make African countries more dependent on their own energy resources have caused growing interest in renewable energy based technologies. However to-date, implementation of modern Energy Technologies in Africa is still very low especially the use of solar conversion technologies. This paper presents literature review and analysis relating to the techno-economic feasibility of solar photovoltaic power generation in Africa. The literature is basically classified into the following four main categories. Techno-economic feasibility of solar photovoltaic power generation, design methods, performance evaluations of various systems and policy of potential future of technological development of photovoltaic (PV) in Africa by exploring the impact of alternative policy instruments and technology cost reductions on the financial viability of investing solar photovoltaic in Africa. ER -