Efficient System Design and Sustainable Finance for China's Village Electrification Program: Preprint

Conference · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006

OSTI ID:890094

Ma, S; Yin, H; Kline, D M

This paper describes a joint effort of the Institute for Electrical Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IEE), and the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to support China's rural electrification program. This project developed a design tool that provides guidelines both for off-grid renewable energy system designs and for cost-based tariff and finance schemes to support them. This tool was developed to capitalize on lessons learned from the Township Electrification Program that preceded the Village Electrification Program. We describe the methods used to develop the analysis, some indicative results, and the planned use of the tool in the Village Electrification Program.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 890094
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-710-39588; TRN: US200620%%212
• Resource Relation: Conference: To be presented at the ASES Solar 2006 Conference and Exhibition, 8-13 July 2006, Denver, Colorado
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
DESIGN
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
ENERGY SYSTEMS
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
RECOMMENDATIONS
TARIFFS
CHINA
INSTITUTE FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
OFF-GRID RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS
TOWNSHIP ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM
VILLAGE ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM
Energy Analysis
Village Power