2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.03.016
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Off-grid solar PV: Is it an affordable or appropriate solution for rural electrification in Sub-Saharan African countries?

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“…Solar energy technologies, solar photovoltaics (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP), offer a promising path for addressing these issues. PV in particular is characterized by its easy deployment, modularity, low maintenance and, mostly, its competitive cost and fast learning curve (Baurzhan and Jenkins 2016). An efficient implementation of solar capacity requires a thorough characterization of the solar resource for present and future climates.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Solar energy technologies, solar photovoltaics (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP), offer a promising path for addressing these issues. PV in particular is characterized by its easy deployment, modularity, low maintenance and, mostly, its competitive cost and fast learning curve (Baurzhan and Jenkins 2016). An efficient implementation of solar capacity requires a thorough characterization of the solar resource for present and future climates.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Regarding system promotion, installation and maintenance, lack of skilled technicians or knowledge transfer between PV producers and fitters/users is pointed out; system failures thereby often result from unsuitable design, improper installation, use of unreliable components or poor maintenance [15,27,125,126]. Besides, users are also often left on their own with their system after the initial installation, without any real after-sales service structure or proper training [52]. Technology-user interaction is therefore addressed as a critical point in the literature [15,27,125,126]: maintaining system proper performances and reliability in remote areas requires user operation training and significant understanding of the very specific characteristics of the system, but still appears to be left out.…”
Section: Socioeconomic Implications Of the Stand-alone Pv System Randd mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Another consequence is the very high cost of off-grid PV systems in Sub-Saharan Africa, which affects related financing schemes used for system dissemination, mainly due to operating and maintenance charges required for counterbalancing the aforementioned reliability and performance issues [26,27,52]. Potential users are often unaware of these extra costs in addition to the PV system initial investment, as they are generally underestimated in financial schemes, and have therefore to cope with it while they are repaying the credit [52].…”
Section: Socioeconomic Implications Of the Stand-alone Pv System Randd mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Building large size systems (about 6 m 2 PV/household for the cooking demand) might be economically inconceivable in rural areas. Cost is the main limiting factor in the adoption and use of solar PVs in rural areas [72]. However, it is viable to satisfy the appliance electricity demand, since the appliance demand accounts for only about 10% of the demands.…”
Section: Consideration Of Solar Energy As Alternative and Its Implicamentioning
confidence: 99%