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Photovoltaics for Rural Electrification in Developing Countries

Part of the Green Energy and Technology Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03789-9

ISBN: 978-3-319-03788-2

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

May 22, 2016

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Chapter 1Introduction

Urmee, Tania; Harries, David; Holtorf, Hans-Gerhard

Pages: 1 –16

[The aim of this book was to provide a road map for those that are looking to design and implement rural electrification programmes in developing countries. Our purpose in writing this book is to assist so that those rural electrification programmes that they plan, design and implement are as...
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Chapter 2Solar Home Systems—A Description of the Technology and Its Applications

Urmee, Tania; Harries, David; Holtorf, Hans-Gerhard

Pages: 17 –48

[The concept behind the design of a renewable energy supply system is the technical, economic, social and ecological optimisation of the various components—the renewable energy generator, the energy storage unit, as well as the operating philosophy, which involves the energy management system,...
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Chapter 3Overview of Financing Mechanisms for Solar Home Systems in Developing Countries

Urmee, Tania; Harries, David; Holtorf, Hans-Gerhard

Pages: 49 –77

[Solar Home Systems (SHSs) are used as the household’s source of electricity primarily by rural households in remote villages in areas in developing countries in which the national or regional electricity grid has not been built. Like all renewable energy conversion systems, initial capital cost...
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Chapter 4Success and Sustainability Criteria and Issues for SHS Programmes

Urmee, Tania; Harries, David; Holtorf, Hans-Gerhard

Pages: 79 –107

[Solar home systems (SHSs) have been increasingly seen to be and promoted by many as the best solution for providing access to electricity in remote and rural areas of developing countries where supplying electricity from the grid is not a practical option. To date, many SHS programmes had been...
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Chapter 5Programme Evaluation

Urmee, Tania; Harries, David; Holtorf, Hans-Gerhard

Pages: 109 –205

[This chapter looks more closely at the solar PV programmes being undertaken in Bangladesh, Fiji and Uganda using data from both primary and secondary sources. The purpose of doing so is to evaluate the degree of the success of these solar home system (SHS) programmes and to obtain a better...
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Chapter 6Framework for Successful Implementation of SHS Programme

Urmee, Tania; Harries, David; Holtorf, Hans-Gerhard

Pages: 207 –236

[The solar electrification programme success is assessed on the basis of the degree to which they meet their objectives, and this in turn is determined by multiple factors. Careful consideration of the success factors during programme design and their incorporation into a programme will not...
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Chapter 7Choosing the Right Path

Urmee, Tania; Harries, David; Holtorf, Hans-Gerhard

Pages: 237 –244

[Some SHS programmes that had been or were being delivered in rural and remote areas in developing countries were more successful than others. A large number of SHS programs and other types of renewable energy programmes and projects implemented in developing countries over the past two decades...

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