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Rural electrification
About: Rural electrification is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2840 publications have been published within this topic receiving 50142 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the benefits of solar electrification are captured primarily by the rural middle class, and solar electricity plays a modest role in supporting economically productive and education-related activities, but "connective" applications such as television, radio, and cellular telephone charging often receive a higher priority.
283 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a spatial electricity cost model has been designed to point out whether diesel generators, photovoltaic systems or extension of the grid are the least-cost option in off-grid areas.
Abstract: Three rural electrification options are analysed showing the cost optimal conditions for a sustainable energy development applying renewable energy sources in Africa. A spatial electricity cost model has been designed to point out whether diesel generators, photovoltaic systems or extension of the grid are the least-cost option in off-grid areas. The resulting mapping application offers support to decide in which regions the communities could be electrified either within the grid or in an isolated mini-grid. Donor programs and National Rural Electrification Agencies (or equivalent governmental departments) could use this type of delineation for their program boundaries and then could use the local optimization tools adapted to the prevailing parameters.
275 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the issues and options for increasing electricity access in remote and geographically challenged villages in interior Rajasthan, the desertstate in Western India where power sector reforms are currently underway.
272 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the specific drivers and barriers for rural electrification in Mozambique and Tanzania are explored across a spectrum of involved actors by qualitative methodology, and data was collected both in semi-structured interviews carried out with power sector actors from national to local level and in visits to off-grid electricity users in Tanzania and Mozambica during eight weeks in 2010.
267 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the application of photovoltaic panels, wind turbines and diesel generators in a stand-alone hybrid power generation system for rural electrification in three off-grid villages in Colombia with different climatic characteristics was analyzed.
267 citations