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 …

This paper critically examines the literature on the grid-offgrid debate and discusses the role
of and the relationship between different electricity access options through a synthesis and …

Abstract Decentralised Solar Home Systems (SHSs) are established as an effective strategy
to connect the 'last mile'without electricity access and leapfrog communities to clean energy …

Policy-makers struggle with the following wicked problem in the energy access context: if
existing socio-technical solutions can alleviate energy poverty, why is the energy transition …

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 …

Rural electrification rates in India lag behind government goals, in part due to the inability of
distribution companies (discoms) to fund central grid expansion. In the absence of central …

This study was carried out in four districts of Assam to assess the technical functionality of
the solar home lighting systems (SHLS), service delivery model, institutional mechanism …

Despite significant grid expansion during the last decade, globally India has the highest
number of people lacking access to electricity. Mini-grid has been suggested as a possible …

Within the areas of distributed, off-grid, and decentralized energy, there is a growing interest
in local energy exchanges. A crucial component of an energy exchange is a return provided …

India's rural poor are caught in a downward energy poverty cycle with either a lack of access
to modern energy sources or reliable grid electricity supply. Overcoming these barriers will …