A review of renewable off-grid mini-grids in Sub-Saharan Africa

OO Babayomi, B Olubayo, IH Denwigwe… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is home to 75% of the world's unelectrified population, and
approximately 500 million of these live in rural areas. Off-grid mini-grids are being deployed …

Sustainable siting and design optimization of hybrid renewable energy system: A geospatial multi-criteria analysis

MR Elkadeem, A Younes, SW Sharshir, PE Campana… - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) holds great promise for sustainable
electrification and support countries reaching their energy access goals. The site selection …

[PDF][PDF] A Review on Microgrids for Remote Areas Electrification-Technical and Economical Perspective.

E Khatun, MM Hossain, MS Ali… - International Journal of …, 2023 - researchgate.net
A microgrid [1] is a small-scale network of electrical generators and consumers that typically
runs in synchrony and connection with the conventional, centralized power grid but has the …

A two-stage multi-attribute analysis method for city-integrated hybrid mini-grid design

MR Elkadeem, KM Kotb, Z Ullah, EG Atiya… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a two-stage multi-attribute analysis method in conceptualizing the
feasible electrification strategy with optimal capacities for a mid-rise building situated in El …

[HTML][HTML] The paradox of mini-grid business models: A conflict between business viability and customer affordability in rural India

V Bandi, T Sahrakorpi, J Paatero… - Energy Research & Social …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Can distributed nuclear power address energy resilience and energy poverty?

AQ Gilbert, MD Bazilian - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
Alex Gilbert is a Project Manager at the Nuclear Innovation Alliance, where he oversees
technical and regulatory work on commercializing advanced reactors. He is also a non …

Influence of electrification pathways in the electricity sector of Ethiopia—policy implications linking spatial electrification analysis and medium to long-term energy …

I Pappis, A Sahlberg, T Walle, O Broad, E Eludoyin… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ethiopia is a low-income country, with low electricity access (45%) and an inefficient power
transmission network. The government aims to achieve universal access and become an …

Socio-economic and environmental analysis on solar thermal energy-based polygeneration system for rural livelihoods applications on an Island through …

S Thomas, SS Sahoo, G Ajithkumar, S Thomas… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rural electrification is constrained by grid extension infrastructural cost, isolated low rural
populations, lack of anchor loads, and repayment potential of villagers while decentralized …

Ten new insights in climate science 2021: A horizon scan

MA Martin, OA Sendra, A Bastos, N Bauer… - Global …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Non-technical summary We summarize some of the past year's most important findings
within climate change-related research. New research has improved our understanding …

Socio-economic impacts and challenges associated with the electrification of a remote area in rural Tanzania through a mini-grid system

J Falk, M Angelmahr, W Schade… - Energy, Ecology and …, 2021 - Springer
Electricity is an indispensable building block for sustainable development. As national and
international electrification measures in rural areas of Tanzania are progressing slowly, a …