Mitigating the current energy crisis in Nepal with renewable energy sources

R Poudyal, P Loskot, R Nepal, R Parajuli… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nepal has been suffering from a serious energy crisis for decades. It has severely affected
its economic, social and political developments. Owing to the continuously evolving energy …

Energy consumption levels and technical approaches for supporting development of alternative energy technologies for rural sectors of develo** countries

R Muhumuza, A Zacharopoulos, JD Mondol… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The delivery of modern energy services in develo** countries (DCs) remains a pressing
challenge. The traditional energy choices of 2.67 billion people most of whom living in rural …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating battery lifetimes in Solar Home System design using a practical modelling methodology

N Narayan, T Papakosta, V Vega-Garita, Z Qin… - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The rapid increase in the adoption of Solar Home Systems (SHS) in recent times hopes to
ameliorate the global problem of energy poverty. The battery is a vital but usually the most …

What are we measuring? An empirical analysis of household electricity access metrics in rural Bangladesh

S Groh, S Pachauri, ND Rao - Energy for sustainable development, 2016 - Elsevier
Measuring energy access through binary indicators is insufficient, and in some cases even
misleading. In this work, we critically evaluate the World Bank's multi-tier framework (MTF) to …

Social impacts of solar home systems in rural areas: A case study in Bangladesh

E Kabir, KH Kim, JE Szulejko - Energies, 2017 - mdpi.com
As an alternative source of off-grid electric power, solar home systems (SHS) stand out
above all other options (eg, wind, hydro, geo-thermal, tidal systems) because of their wide …

Lessons learned from rural electrification experiences with third generation solar home systems in latin America: Case studies in Peru, Mexico, and Bolivia

AA Eras-Almeida, M Fernández, J Eisman, JG Martín… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
There are 17 million people without access to electricity services in Latin America. This
population lives in small isolated and scattered communities with low incomes where it is …

Synthesis of an intelligent rural village microgrid control strategy based on smartgrid multi-agent modelling and transactive energy management principles

G Prinsloo, R Dobson, A Mammoli - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Humanitarian and other development organisations are calling for replicable self-sustaining
solutions to shared micro-utilities to ensure equitable modern energy delivery to energy …

Customer domain supply and load coordination: A case for smart villages and transactive control in rural off-grid microgrids

G Prinsloo, A Mammoli, R Dobson - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Global humanitarian initiatives are calling for technologies to bridge the urban-rural divide in
support of remote community electrification projects through micro-utility programs …

[HTML][HTML] A review of PV solar energy system operations and applications in Dhofar Oman

FK Alhousni, FB Ismail, PC Okonkwo, H Mohamed… - AIMS …, 2022 - aimspress.com
Energy is seen as one of the most determinant factors for a nation's economic development.
The Sun is an incredible source of inexhaustible energy. The efficiency of the conversion …

Stochastic load profile construction for the multi-tier framework for household electricity access using off-grid DC appliances

N Narayan, Z Qin, J Popovic-Gerber, JC Diehl, P Bauer… - Energy Efficiency, 2020 - Springer
To improve access to electricity, decentralized, solar-based off-grid solutions like Solar
Home Systems (SHSs) and rural micro-grids have recently seen a prolific growth. However …