Pilot Low-Cost Concentrating Solar Power Systems Deployment in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Implementation Challenges
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central receiver system; CSP development; tracking algorithms; electricity generation; Sub-Saharan Africa;All these keywords.
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