Influence of Climate and Nonclimate Parameters on Monthly Electricity Consumption in Niger
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Source
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-03-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This study examines the impacts of relevant factors (climatic and nonclimatic) on the monthly electricity consumption (MEC) in four major cities in Niger using simple multiple linear regressions (MLRs).
Parameters such GDP/capita, air temperature (Tmean), relative humidity (RH), wind speed (WSP), solar radiation (SR), precipitation, and clearness index (K) are used.
In addition, two heat indices, heat index (HI) and discomfort index (DI) are calculated to take into account the impacts of high humidity in conjunction with high ambient temperature.
Hence, three different models were derived from the aforementioned variables.
The three models have been tested using the k-folds cross-validation.
Results show that the model with primitive variables such GDP per capita, Tmean, RH, SR, and WSP perform better than the other two models with a coefficient determination R2 equal to 0.87, 0.854, 0.833, and 0.551 for Niamey, Maradi, Zinder, and Agadez, respectively.
According to the month considered, the mean absolute percentage error can give a small error for specific combinations of climate variables.
The variables such as precipitation and clearness index are found to be not statistically significant.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bonkaney, Abdou Latif. 2020. Influence of Climate and Nonclimate Parameters on Monthly Electricity Consumption in Niger. Journal of Energy،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184102
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bonkaney, Abdou Latif. Influence of Climate and Nonclimate Parameters on Monthly Electricity Consumption in Niger. Journal of Energy No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184102
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bonkaney, Abdou Latif. Influence of Climate and Nonclimate Parameters on Monthly Electricity Consumption in Niger. Journal of Energy. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184102
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1184102