Progetto RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL MAPS FOR LESOTHO
RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL MAPS FOR LESOTHO
The scope of this project is to produce renewable energy potential maps for Lesotho to facilitate the Government in the planning and development of renewable energy exploitation and to achieve a concrete step towards attaining low-emission development pathway. To this scope, an energy sector assessment is essential and should cover different renewable sources such as hydrological, wind and solar. Therefore, the project will focus on the following activities: To develop a hydrological map of Lesotho, useful to identify potential sites for power generation;To develop a wind energy potential map;To develop a solar radiation map, defining the different levels of radiation intensity over Lesotho, useful to localize sites for photovoltaic energy production; The potential energy maps will be embedded in a GIS based tool containing further data suitable for the identification of sites which are promising for exploitation, such as network grid, roads, rivers/basins, land cover, population distribution, etcetera.In addition, the project will promote capacity building and skills transfer so that the Lesotho Government will be able to manage the supplied tool.