Can solar electricity production and use help to promote economic development in Africa?

摘要

This paper investigates natural factor endowments and management opportunities in development of solar photovoltaic electricity production in sunray Mediterranean, particularly in Northern African areas. The focus is on the investigation of the natural factor endowment supply-side factors as potentials for determining and management of solar photovoltaic electricity production and use. With the regression analysis we have confirmed the crucial role of natural sunray weather conditions as potentials for solar photovoltaic electricity production and use. The favourable natural solar factor endowments can help promote economic development in the Northern and Saharian Africa. This has important managerial, practical and policy implications for sustainable development of solar photovoltaic electricity production and use, sustainable local development, and broader regional electrical energy supply cooperation and business development.