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 …

The causal relationships between electrification and development of poor, rural communities
are complex and contextual. The existing literature focuses mainly on the impact of rural …

Lack of access to electricity is one of the major impediments to economic development and
the provision of public services in rural/off-grid areas of developing countries. This study …

Poor performance and high degradation of photovoltaic (PV) systems reduce the expected
power generation and shorten the lifetime of the systems. This study highlighted the design …

Clean energy promises a wide range of individual and collective benefits. Though there is
substantial research on the benefits of clean energy for specific populations, systematic …

A review on rural electrification programs and projects based on off-grid Photovoltaic (PV)
systems, including Solar Pico Systems (SPS) and Solar Home Systems (SHS) in Developing …

The need to secure future energy in the forms of electricity and modern cooking fuels is
recognized as critical to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, particularly poverty …

The current electrification status in West African countries presents rural electrification rates
below 40%, national grid losses above 39% with frequent disruptions, and electricity prices …

In this paper, we seek to understand how the rapid expansion of off-grid solar energy across
the global South since the turn of the century is influencing local and national processes of …

In this study, the potentiality and economic viability of solar photovoltaic (PV) in Ghana was
assessed using RETScreen software. 5 MW of grid-connected solar PV power system using …