This paper presents estimates of the geographical and technical potentials for solar
electricity generation in rural areas of West Africa (ECOWAS region). The study is performed …

This study examines whether shifts in the stance of policymaking can account for the
observed predictability in excess energy poverty (EP) or fuel poverty (FP) levels. Energy …

The photovoltaic (PV) cell temperature restricts the electrical performance of the module due
to the temperature coefficient for voltage and current of cell material. Research studies …

A comprehensive political analysis of the rapid growth in renewable wind and solar power,
map** an energy transition through theory, case studies, and policy. Wind and solar are …

As the costs of solar PV continuously decrease and pollution legislation imposes less
burning of agricultural residues, decentralized renewable energy is increasingly affordable …

Off-grid hybrid renewable-energy-based power systems for rural electrification have become
an attractive solution for areas where grid electricity is not feasible. Hybrid energy systems …

Due to the rapidly decreasing costs of small renewable electricity generation systems,
centralized power systems are no longer a necessary condition of universal access to …

Despite the historical priority to grid-based electrification in South Asia, two out of every five
people in the region still live without access to electricity. Due to various limitations of …

Mini-grids are seen as an important option for increasing access to electricity in non-
electrified rural areas where grid-extension is unfeasible. Appropriately dimensioning and …

Abstract From 1999 to 2013, in a 14 years׳ period of time, rural electrification programs
brought access to electricity to 16 million rural inhabitants in Brazil. Approximately 155,000 …