The Republic of Liberia is situated on the southwest corner of the West Coast of Africa between longitudes 7o 30' and 11o and 30' west, and latitude 4o 18 minutes 8o 30' north. It covers surface areas of about 111,370 km2 (approximately 43,506 square miles). The dry land extent is 96,160 square km or 37,570 square miles. Liberia is limited on the west by Sierra Leone, on the north by Guinea, on the east by the Ivory Coast, and on the south by the Atlantic Ocean. Total land boundaries extend t...
upervisor: Prof. Alan Lewis Abstract The global transition towards renewable energy has underscored the significance of ocean renewable energy (ORE) as a sustainable and viable alternative to fossil fuels. Liberia, with its extensive coastline along the Atlantic Ocean, possesses untapped potential for various ORE technologies, including tidal, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), saline grid conversion, wave, and wind energy. However, the absence of empirical research on the feas...