David A. Quansah

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2010per ORCID

Publishing since 2010, latest 2026

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Pollution
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Environmental Engineering
Artificial Intelligence

In their own words

Renewable Energy
Energy and Climate Policy

Publications: 662010–2026
Citations: 1,623to those papers
h-index: 21i10-index 34
Field-weighted impact: 2.441.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 16%8 of 50 scored papers
Open access: 74%37 of the 50 whose access is recorded

10 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 2,317 citations, h-index 26 and i10-index 40 (1,983 citations and h-index 24 since 2021), as of October 10, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Department of Mechanical EngineeringKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2010

Education

PhD - Renenwable Energy Specialization, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource ManagementNorges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet2015–2018
MS Energy Engineering, EnergyInternational Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering2008–2009
MSc Mechanical Engineering (Thermofluids and Energy), Mechanical EngineeringKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2006–2009

Publications

66 in all

Download CV:PDFWord

Citations received each year

PeerfordGoogle Scholar

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2538%
Pollution2436%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering1726%
Energy Engineering and Power Technology1726%
Environmental Engineering1015%
Artificial Intelligence812%
Automotive Engineering58%
Control and Systems Engineering58%
Sociology and Political Science35%
Water Science and Technology35%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Energy and Environment Impacts24
Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques20
Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems16
Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems10
Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability9
Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics8
Advanced Battery Technologies Research5
Integrated Energy Systems Optimization5
Microgrid Control and Optimization5
Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure3
Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies3
Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies3

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

74% of their 50 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1234567Home

Most frequent partner countries

Norway27
Germany4
United Kingdom4
Cameroon2
Russia1
Djibouti1
Turkey1
Azerbaijan1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Norwegian University of Life SciencesNO27 papers
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM6 papers
University College LondonGB4 papers
Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNO4 papers
Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-SiegDE3 papers
TH Köln - University of Applied SciencesDE3 papers
Cape Coast Technical UniversityGH3 papers
West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land UseGH3 papers
University of BueaCM2 papers
Amirkabir University of TechnologyIR1 paper

Where they publish

Energy Reports4
Sustainable Technologies for the Energy Transition4
Empowering Ghana's Engineering Future: A Model for Professional Education in Renewable Energy—and beyond3
Energies3
Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments3
Clean Energy2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

7Affordable and clean energy19
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure4
1No poverty3
13Climate action3
4Quality education1

Most cited

Performance analysis of different grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) system technologies with combined capacity of 20 kW located in humid tropical climate
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy13
2017164 citationsWorld top 10%
Study effect of flow rate on flat-plate water-based photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) system performance by analytical technique
Journal of Cleaner Production7
2021102 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

BSc Chemical Engineering, Chemical EngineeringKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Energy Sustainable Development/Energy for sustainable development

Strengthening Institutional Frameworks and Program Acceditation: Steps Taken for Accreditation and Institutional Support

2026Empowering Ghana's Engineering Future: A Model for Professional Education in Renewable Energy—and beyondJournalSenior author0 citations

Analysing the Renewable Energy Education Needs in Ghana

2026Empowering Ghana's Engineering Future: A Model for Professional Education in Renewable Energy—and beyondJournal0 citations

Case Studies of Successful Curriculum Integration at KNUST

2026Empowering Ghana's Engineering Future: A Model for Professional Education in Renewable Energy—and beyondJournal0 citations

Scaling up distributed solar PV adoption in Ghana's commercial sector

2025Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen access0 citations10.5281/zenodo.17880255

Advances in Solar Photovoltaic Technologies

2025Sustainable Technologies for the Energy TransitionBook chapter0 citations10.1201/9781003608189-11

The Role of Nuclear in the Sustainable Energy Transition

2025Sustainable Technologies for the Energy TransitionBook chapter0 citations10.1201/9781003608189-13

Revolutionising Energy Systems with Power-to-X and Hydrogen Technologies

2025Sustainable Technologies for the Energy TransitionBook chapter0 citations10.1201/9781003608189-8

Feedstocks and Pathways, and Its Prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa

2025African Green Transition Through Innovative PathwaysJournal0 citations

Scaling up distributed solar PV adoption in Ghana: a focus on the commercial sector

2025Energy Solutions for a Sustainable and Inclusive Future, 46th IAEE International Conference, June 15-18, 2025Conference0 citations

Analyzing the consequences of power factor degradation in grid-connected solar photovoltaic systems

2024e-Prime - Advances in Electrical Engineering Electronics and EnergyJournalOpen access5 citations10.1016/j.prime.2024.100715

The political economy of land access for large-scale solar photovoltaic projects in Ghana

2024Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen access0 citations10.5281/zenodo.17883265

Renewable energy in Benin: current situation and future prospects

2023Clean EnergyJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding16 citations10.1093/ce/zkad039

Ex-post design, operations and financial cost-benefit analysis of mini-grids in Ghana: What can we learn?

2022Energy Sustainable Development/Energy for sustainable developmentJournalOpen access12 citations10.1016/j.esd.2022.04.009

Degradation and longevity of solar photovoltaic modules—An analysis of recent field studies in Ghana

2020Energy Science & EngineeringJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding34 citations10.1002/ese3.651

Evaluation of time lag and decrement factor of walls in a hot humid tropical climate

2020Thermal Science and Engineering ProgressJournalSenior author26 citations10.1016/j.tsep.2020.100758

Energy Sustainable Development/Energy for sustainable development2

How it can be read

74% free to read, of the 50 recorded

Diamond 4 · 6%Free to read and to publish
Gold 21 · 32%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 10 · 15%Open in a subscription journal
Green 2 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 13 · 20%Behind a paywall
Unknown 16 · 24%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

23 of 66 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology15
Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet11
Direktoratet for Utviklingssamarbeid4
World Bank Group3
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office2
FRAME2
Ghana National Petroleum Corporation2
Agence Nationale de la Recherche1

Multipurpose renewable energy resources based hybrid energy system for remote community in northern Ghana

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

201798 citationsWorld top 10%

Techno-economic analysis of solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar photovoltaic thermal (PVT) systems using exergy analysis

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

202194 citationsOpen access · Hybrid