Assessment of energy options for Liberia. Final report
Under funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Oak Ridge National Laboratory provided energy planning assistance to the National Energy Committee of the Government of Liberia (GOL), West Africa, during a period of one year ending March 31, 1983. This report outlines the scope of activities of the joint GOL/USAID project and summarizes the major findings by Liberian and U.S. project participants. The study included and examination of current energy use by sector and fuel type, projections of future energy demands, and a preliminary evaluation of a variety of alternative energy resource and technology options for Liberia. The primary finding is that Liberia has significant opportunities for the substitution of indigenous energy resources for imported petroleum. The principal candidates are wood energy and hydroelectric power. The major alternatives for wood are gasification technology for small-scale electric and nonelectric applications (e.g., those under about 25-gigajoule/hour input requirements) and wood-fired steam electric generation for larger scale applications where hydroelectric power is unattractive. For major hydroelectric development the principal candidates are the St. Paul River Proposal and the Mano River Proposal. The Mano River Proposal is the smaller of the two and would meet Monrovia area electrical grid requirements and some iron ore mine demand for about the next two decades. An additional important finding of this study is that the Monrovia Petroleum refinery is highly uneconomical and should be closed and petroleum product imported directly. 25 tables.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- OSTI ID:
- 5640591
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL-5989; ON: DE84004110
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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