Investment opportunities for utility-scale solar and wind areas: Mali zoning assessment

Table of Contents

• Sugarcane Bioenergy In Southern Africa – Economic potential for sustainable scale-up 1
• Contents 0
• Abbreviations 0
• Figure 1 Zoning assessment method 10
• Figure 2 Suitability assessment method 14
• Figure 3 Average annual global horizontal solar Irradiation in Mali 20
• Figure 4 Annual average wind speed in Mali 21
• Figure 5 Topography of Mali 22
• Figure 6 Mali’s transmission line network 23
• Figure 7 Mali’s road network 24
• Figure 8 Protected areas in Mali 25
• Figure 9 Land cover in Mali 26
• Figure 10 Land suitability index with the most promising zones for utility-scale solar PV projects 28
• Figure 11 Land suitability index with the most promising zones for utility-scale onshore wind projects 29
• Figure 12 Capacity factors of the most promising zones for utility-scale solar PV projects 31
• Figure 13 Capacity factors of the most promising zones for utility-scale onshore wind projects 32
• Figure 14 LCOEs of the most promising zones for utility-scale solar PV projects 33
• Figure 15 LCOEs of the most promising zones for utility-scale onshore wind projects 34
• Figure 16 Distance of the most promising zones for utility-scale solar PV projects to the nearest transmission lines 35
• Figure 17 Distance of the most promising zones for utility-scale onshore wind projects to the nearest transmission lines 36
• Figure 18 Maximum development potential for utility-scale solar PV and onshore wind projects per region 37
• Figure 19 Cumulative solar and wind potential vs. zonal capacity range 38
• Table 1 Suitability assessment approach for solar PV and wind projects: Scoring system, lower and upper thresholds, and assigned weights for each criterion 16
• Table 2 Assumptions on technical parameters for zoning assessment 17
• Table 3 Technology specifications and infrastructure costs 18
• Table 4 zoning assessment requirements and results 39
• Box 1 The Global Atlas for Renewable Energy Initiative 9
• Box 2 The typical meteorological year (TMY) 13