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

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

Techno-economic assessment of biomass gasification-based mini-grids for productive energy applications: The case of rural India

CL Chambon, T Karia, P Sandwell, JP Hallett - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
As the costs of solar PV continuously decrease and pollution legislation imposes less
burning of agricultural residues, decentralized renewable energy is increasingly affordable …

[HTML][HTML] The prospects of decentralised solar energy home systems in rural communities: User experience, determinants, and impact of free solar power on the energy …

P Yadav, PJ Davies, SA Sarkodie - Energy Strategy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Distributed solar photovoltaic is a well-established technology to meet small-scale rural
energy needs in an affordable, reliable, and carbon-neutral manner. Such socio-technical …

Solar microgrids in rural India: Consumers' willingness to pay for attributes of electricity

S Graber, T Narayanan, J Alfaro, D Palit - Energy for Sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper assesses consumer valuation of different attributes of electricity supply to
elucidate the conflict between solar microgrids and the centralized utility grid in India, as well …

Methodology for the energy need assessment to effectively design and deploy mini-grids for rural electrification

V Gambino, R Del Citto, P Cherubini, C Tacconelli… - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
In order to successfully deploy a large number of decentralized energy systems in
developing countries, it is necessary to standardize effective methodologies and procedures …

Research insights and knowledge headways for developing remote, off-grid microgrids in developing countries

A Chatterjee, D Burmester, A Brent, R Rayudu - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Recent reports from international energy agencies indicate that more than a billion of the
population in the world is deprived of basic electricity provisions, confined mainly to the …

[PDF][PDF] Clover: a modelling framework for sustainable community-scale energy systems

P Sandwell, B Winchester, H Beath… - Journal of Open Source …, 2023 - joss.theoj.org
Summary Sustainable Development Goal 7 aims to provide sustainable, affordable, reliable
and modern energy access to all by 2030 (United Nations, 2015). In order for this goal to be …

Sizing solar-based mini-grids for growing electricity demand: Insights from rural India

R Sayani, P Ortega-Arriaga, P Sandwell… - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Mini-grids are a critical way to meet electricity access goals according to current and
projected electricity demand of communities and so appropriately sizing them is essential to …

Application of hydrogen storage in polygeneration microgrids: Case study of wind microgrid in India

R Sharma, P Dutta, SS Murthy - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Renewable energy based stand-alone microgrids are highly promising to supply electricity
to isolated communities and remote locations. However, both buffer and long-term energy …

Impact assessment of microgrid in smart cities: Indian perspective

NA Warsi, AS Siddiqui, S Kirmani, M Sarwar - Technology and Economics …, 2019 - Springer
Access to reliable electricity is one of the key enablers of social and economic development.
Smart energy and electricity network are one of the key factors in making a city smart; a …