Publication date: 2015, October
Author: ECREEE / UNICV
Description: The islands of Cape Verde have excellent renewable energy potentials. The average solar radiation is estimated to be 5.71 kWh/m2/day and average wind speed topples 7 m/s in innumerous sites around the archipelago, however, the country is plagued with scarce water resource due to little and erratic rain fall for many years now, thus, desalination stands out as the viable and handy alternative for the water supply to the population.
