Solar home system electrification as a viable technology option for Africa's development ☆

By N. Wamukonya. 2007

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Subfields: Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Review of barriers to the dissemination of decentralized renewable energy systems (2016, background): “…Reddy and Painuly, 2004; Owen, 2006; Stangeland, 2007; Mirza et al., 2009; Oikonomou et al., 2009; Pegels, 2010; Ahlborg and Hammar, 2011; Adams et al., 2011; Junfeng et al., 2002; Zyadin et al., 2014; Mezher et al., 2012; Negro et al., 2012; Martinot, 1998; Perlack et al., 1990; Wamukonya, 2007).”
Off-grid solar PV: Is it an affordable or appropriate solution for rural electrification in Sub-Saharan African countries? (2014, background): “One of the important drivers of attempts to disseminate solar PV in SSA has been the belief that solar PV technology will alleviate poverty (Wamukonya 2007).”
Off-grid energy services for the poor: Introducing LED lighting in the Millennium Villages Project in Malawi (2010, background): “Previous generation solar home systems (SHSs) had high unit costs, often $350 or significantly more, and so achieved limited market penetration (Wamukonya, 2007; Urmee, Harries, 2009).”
Neoliberal energy transitions in the South: Kenyan experiences (2016, unknown): “Most studies to date on the transition away from fossil fuels in the country have focussed on the promotion, diffusion and performance of renew-40 able energy (van der Plas and Hankins, 1998; Wamukonya, 2007; Ondraczek, 2013; Jacobson, 2007).”
Renewable energy: An efficient mechanism to improve GDP (2008, background): “For example, Wamukonya (2007) reviews the effectiveness of solar home systems in Africa and finds that these systems are not cost-effective and questions the wisdom of using public funds to support the systems.”