Assessment of solar energy technologies in Africa-opportunities and challenges in meeting the 2030 agenda and sustainable development goals

AA Adenle - Energy Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Renewable energy sources like solar energy have an important role to play towards the
implementation of the 2030 agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa …

Off-grid systems for rural electrification in developing countries: Definitions, classification and a comprehensive literature review

S Mandelli, J Barbieri, R Mereu, E Colombo - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2016 - Elsevier
Access to electric power supply has always had a significant role in promoting
improvements in all the society sectors, nevertheless nowadays 1.3 billion of people still do …

[HTML][HTML] Electricity planning and implementation in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

PA Trotter, MC McManus, R Maconachie - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2017 - Elsevier
Universal electricity access is an important development objective, and the focus of a
number of key global UN initiatives. While robust electricity planning is widely believed to be …

Assessment and evaluation of PV based decentralized rural electrification: An overview

A Chaurey, TC Kandpal - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
The challenges of providing electricity to rural households are manifold. Ever increasing
demand–supply gap, crumbling electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure, high …

How to get rural households out of energy poverty in Nigeria: A contingent valuation

E Nduka - Energy Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Although Nigeria is endowed with plenty of sustainable energy resources, most rural
households still rely heavily on conventional energy. Nigerians want to transition to clean …

Techno-economic analysis of solar pv electricity supply to rural areas of Balochistan, Pakistan

SAA Shah, GD Valasai, AA Memon, AN Laghari… - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Rural electrification is a fundamental step towards achieving universal access to electricity
by 2030. On-grid rural electrification remains a costly proposition, therefore the need to …

Shedding some light on photovoltaic solar energy in Africa–A literature review

C Brunet, O Savadogo, P Baptiste… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Bearing in mind that there is increasingly abundant literature on the evolution of photovoltaic
solar energy in Africa, it is necessary to make a global assessment with a focus on the path …

Exploring the link between products and services in low-income markets—Evidence from solar home systems

CA Friebe, P von Flotow, FA Täube - Energy Policy, 2013 - Elsevier
One of the key challenges of energy access in emerging markets and developing countries
is how to reach households and communities that are unlikely to get a grid connection in the …

Impacts of solar home systems on social development in rural Bangladesh

AH Mondal, D Klein - Energy for Sustainable Development, 2011 - Elsevier
This study was carried out to find the impacts of solar home systems (SHSs) application at
selected villages in Gazipur district, Bangladesh. A questionnaire-based survey method was …

Are micro-benefits negligible? The implications of the rapid expansion of Solar Home Systems (SHS) in rural Bangladesh for sustainable development

S Komatsu, S Kaneko, PP Ghosh - Energy policy, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper examines the multiple benefits of the adoption of Solar Home Systems (SHS) and
discusses the dissemination potential for sustainable rural livelihoods in developing …