Micro-Hydrokinetic for Remote Rural Electrification

Rural Electrification, Micro-finance and Micro and Small Business (MSB) Development: Lessons for the Nicaragua Off- grid Rural Electrification Project

The Most Economical Mode of Power Supply for Remote and Less Developed Areas in China: Power Grid Extension or Micro-Grid?

There are still residents without access to electricity in some remote and less developed areas of China, which lead to low living standards and hinder sustainable development for these residents. In order to achieve the strategic targets of solving China’s energy poverty, realizing basic energy service equalization, and comprehensively building up a moderately prosperous society, several polic...

Drivers and barriers to rural electrification in Tanzania and Mozambique – grid extension, off-grid and renewable energy sources

Mozambique and Tanzania are countries with very low rural electrification rates – far below 5 % percent of the rural population use electricity. The pace of rural grid electrification is slow and for most remote areas access to the national electricity grids will not occur within a foreseeable future. Off-grid (decentralized) electricity grids are seen as a complement and fore-runner to the nat...

Options for off-grid electrification in the Kingdom of Bhutan

Bhutan sells electricity across the border to India. However large sections of its population do not have access to electricity. The harsh mountainous terrain coupled with sparse and dispersed settlements in Bhutan makes grid extension difficult, costly and economically unviable. Therefore, it is worth looking at renewable energy options to meet electricity demand in remote locations. This stud...

امکان سنجی و آنالیز سامانه هیبریدی باد- خورشیدی- دیزل برای منطقه روستایی شهرستان دامغان

Electrification to rural and remote areas with limited or no access to grid connection is one of the most challenging issues in developing countries like Iran. Most of electricity  demand is met by diesel generators in Iran remote areas, although they create environmental problems and economic concern. These issues can be minimized by hybrid renewable energy systems. This research paper aims at...