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Utilisation of renewable energy sources in deep rural areas

N.M. Ijumba, Harpreet Singh · 2005

Summary. The paper evaluates renewable energy sources for rural electrification by developing a computer program to match energy source characteristics with rural load profiles cost-effectively. The analysis compares unitary and hybrid systems, finding that hydroelectric sources prove most cost-effective for the studied loads, while solar and wind systems require prohibitively high capital investments.

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Ijumba, N., & Singh, H.. (2005). Utilisation of renewable energy sources in deep rural areas. https://doi.org/10.1109/africon.2004.1406783

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DOI
10.1109/africon.2004.1406783
Countries
South Africa
Regions
Africa
Categories
energy, rural-data-and-definitions
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2026-04-28