Understanding the present and the future electricity needs: Consequences for design of future Solar Home Systems for off-grid rural electrification
Summary. Solar Home Systems can provide electricity to rural populations without grid access, but system sizing must match both current and future energy needs to justify costs. Research in rural Cambodia measured actual electricity consumption from 111 existing systems, finding average daily use of 310 Wh with significant night-time demand. Field studies revealed users expect to add more appliances with varying power requirements in coming years, creating higher peak loads and deeper battery discharges. The paper presents load profiles and solutions to design systems that accommodate this anticipated growth.
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Heeten, T. D., Narayan, N., Diehl, J. C., Verschelling, J., Silvester, S., Popović-Gerber, J., Bauer, P., & Zeman, M.. (2017). Understanding the present and the future electricity needs: Consequences for design of future Solar Home Systems for off-grid rural electrification. https://doi.org/10.23919/due.2017.7931816
Heeten, Thomas Den, et al. “Understanding the present and the future electricity needs: Consequences for design of future Solar Home Systems for off-grid rural electrification.” 2017. https://doi.org/10.23919/due.2017.7931816.
Heeten, Thomas Den, Nishant Narayan, Jan Carel Diehl, Jeroen Verschelling, S. Silvester, Jelena Popović-Gerber, Pavol Bauer, and Miro Zeman. 2017. “Understanding the present and the future electricity needs: Consequences for design of future Solar Home Systems for off-grid rural electrification.” https://doi.org/10.23919/due.2017.7931816.
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title = {Understanding the present and the future electricity needs: Consequences for design of future Solar Home Systems for off-grid rural electrification},
author = {Thomas Den Heeten and Nishant Narayan and Jan Carel Diehl and Jeroen Verschelling and S. Silvester and Jelena Popović-Gerber and Pavol Bauer and Miro Zeman},
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