Rural Electrification Through Decentralised Off-grid Systems in Developing Countries

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bhattacharyya, Subhes (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Energy.; Renewable energy resources.; Energy systems.; Electronic circuits.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Energy Systems.; Circuits and Systems.; Renewable and Green Energy.

More than 1.3 billion people worldwide lack access to electricity. Although extension of the electricity grid remains the preferred mode of electrification, off-grid electrification can offer a solution to such cases. Rural Electrification through Decentralised Off-grid Systems in Developing Countri...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1 Overview of experiences
• Off-grid electrification experience from South Asia
• Off-grid electrification experience from outside South Asia
• The Chinese model rural electrification and electricity access
• Part 2 Technology Choices, Participatory Approaches and Financing
• Technology choices for off-grid electrification
• Participatory models for off-grid electrification
• Financing options
• Part 3 Issues and lessons
• Rural electrification and rural development
• Regulatory governance of off-grid electrification.-Clusters, poverty reduction and off-grid electrification.