Research Insights and Knowledge Headways for Developing Remote, Off-Grid Microgrids in Developing Countries
Recent reports from international energy agencies indicate that more than a billion of the population in the world is deprived of basic electricity provisions, confined mainly to the remote communities of developing nations. Microgrids are promoted as a potential technology for electricity provision...
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doaj-6d418d9b4e3f4b52a55810eecd9815202020-11-24T21:28:53ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732019-05-011210200810.3390/en12102008en12102008Research Insights and Knowledge Headways for Developing Remote, Off-Grid Microgrids in Developing CountriesAbhi Chatterjee0Daniel Burmester1Alan Brent2Ramesh Rayudu3Sustainable Energy Systems, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New ZealandSustainable Energy Systems, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New ZealandSustainable Energy Systems, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New ZealandSustainable Energy Systems, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New ZealandRecent reports from international energy agencies indicate that more than a billion of the population in the world is deprived of basic electricity provisions, confined mainly to the remote communities of developing nations. Microgrids are promoted as a potential technology for electricity provisions to off-grid rural communities, but have failed to reach their value proposition in the context of rural electrification access. In view of the rampant rural electrification issues, the objective of this paper is to furnish an understanding of, and advance the knowledge into, methods to facilitate the design and development of microgrid systems for remote communities in developing countries. The methodology involves an integrative review process of an annotated bibliography to summarise past empirical or theoretical literature. As such, this research is based on evaluation attributes, and identifies the challenges and barriers for remote microgrids through an analysis of 19 case studies. The paper concludes by proposing key aspects that need to be considered for developing a framework to improve the sustainability of electricity provisions for off-grid rural communities in developing countries.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/10/2008rural microgridrural electrificationmicrogrid failuresmulti-tier frameworkremote electrification frameworksustainable energy |
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Research Insights and Knowledge Headways for Developing Remote, Off-Grid Microgrids in Developing Countries |
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Research Insights and Knowledge Headways for Developing Remote, Off-Grid Microgrids in Developing Countries |
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Research Insights and Knowledge Headways for Developing Remote, Off-Grid Microgrids in Developing Countries |
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Research Insights and Knowledge Headways for Developing Remote, Off-Grid Microgrids in Developing Countries |
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Research Insights and Knowledge Headways for Developing Remote, Off-Grid Microgrids in Developing Countries |
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research insights and knowledge headways for developing remote, off-grid microgrids in developing countries |
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Recent reports from international energy agencies indicate that more than a billion of the population in the world is deprived of basic electricity provisions, confined mainly to the remote communities of developing nations. Microgrids are promoted as a potential technology for electricity provisions to off-grid rural communities, but have failed to reach their value proposition in the context of rural electrification access. In view of the rampant rural electrification issues, the objective of this paper is to furnish an understanding of, and advance the knowledge into, methods to facilitate the design and development of microgrid systems for remote communities in developing countries. The methodology involves an integrative review process of an annotated bibliography to summarise past empirical or theoretical literature. As such, this research is based on evaluation attributes, and identifies the challenges and barriers for remote microgrids through an analysis of 19 case studies. The paper concludes by proposing key aspects that need to be considered for developing a framework to improve the sustainability of electricity provisions for off-grid rural communities in developing countries. |
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rural microgrid rural electrification microgrid failures multi-tier framework remote electrification framework sustainable energy |
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