Village power plants versus solar home systems

Journal Article · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Sunworld; (United States)

OSTI ID:5758463

Schmidt-Kuentzel, B; Schaefer, G

Figures on rural energy consumption is presented along with past experience in rural electrification projects which show clearly the limits of any rural electrification policy. Three alternatives are compared using a network for electricity distribution, i.e. connection to the national grid, village networks with diesel and solar power stations, and the solar home system.

• OSTI ID: 5758463
• Journal Information: Sunworld; (United States), Vol. 17:3; ISSN 0149-1938
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
POWER DEMAND
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SUPPLIES
COST
ELECTRIC POWER
HOUSES
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANTS
SENEGAL
SOLAR CELL ARRAYS
AFRICA
BUILDINGS
DEMAND
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
POWER
POWER PLANTS
POWER SUPPLIES
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
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