Remote community electrification

Micro-Hydrokinetic for Remote Rural Electrification

Abstract—Standalone micro-hydrokinetic river (MHR) system is one of the promising technologies to be used for remote rural electrification. It simply requires the flow of water instead of elevation or head, leading to expensive civil works. This paper demonstrates an economic benefit offered by a standalone MHR system when compared to the commonly used standalone systems such as solar, wind and...

Open Source Remote Monitoring for Rural Solar Electrification Projects

Renewable energy systems are an increasingly popular way to generate electricity around the world. As wind and solar technologies gradually begin to supplant the use of fossil fuels as preferred means of energy production, new challenges are emerging which are unique to the experience of decentralized power generation. One such challenge is the development of effective monitoring technologies t...

Rural Electrification

Expanding Electricity Access to Remote Areas: Off-Grid Rural Electrification in Developing Countries

Development: The World Bank Group’s mission is to work for a world without poverty. An important part of this mission is expanding access to modern energy services for an estimated two billion people who still lack such services (World Bank 1996, ESMAP 2000c). Expanded access to energy services is inexorably linked to today’s transforming energy sector. Although ongoing reforms are showing succ...

Electrification and Renewable Energy Generation

1Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, South University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen 518055, China 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kettering University, 1700 University Avenue, Flint, MI 48504, USA 3School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University, No. 301, Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang 212013, China 4Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced...