SOLAR ENERGY IN THE NORTHERN CAMEROON

摘要

In 2003, the Cameroonian Ministry of the Environment and Forestry has initiated a research project forstudying the promotion of renewable energies and their impact on rural development. This work has been realizedjointly with the department of Economy and Rural Development of the Agronomic University of Gembloux(Belgium), the “Centre Des Etudes de L’Environnement et de Développement du Cameroun (CEDC, Maroua) andthe Institut für Solare Energieversorgungstechnik (ISET, Germany). This initiative comes when the electricity sector in Cameroon has been facing important changes (Privatization of the national company of electricity, creation of a rural electrification agency , multiplication of the dialogues andseminars around the strategies of promotion for renewable energies, frequent black-outs during the dry season).The first objective of the project is to contribute to a better knowledge of the situation of the use of renewableenergies in Cameroon. Therefore, Mrs Marthe Djuikom undertook from July to September 2003 a socio-economicsurvey on the use of solar energy in the northern Cameroon.The next step will be the creation of an energy program at the CEDC with the following tasks: promotion ofphotovoltaic technology, support of local and international synergies on the organisational aspects, training, information and coordination of reflexions at the local level for the promotion of rural electrification projects .