A review of technical options for solar charging stations in Asia and Africa

Almeida, R.H.; Brito, M.C.

doi:10.3934/energy.2015.3.428

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“…Countries have adopted measures to promote PV and it can provide roughly 2.6 per cent of the electricity. PV technology has been the most suitable technology to meet the energy demands of off-grid communities because of the request for low power electrification (Almeida and Brito, 2015) typically around 1 to 5 kilowatt peak (kWp) in size. Among other off-grid applications, PV is further used in non-domestic applications such as health centers, schools, telecommunication, water pumping and navigational aids (Dajuma et al , 2016).…”

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Analysis of latent impeding factors to solar photovoltaic investments in Ghana

Sackey

Owusu‐Manu

Asiedu

et al. 2020

IJESM

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Purpose Ghana has recently reviewed its renewable energy Act 835 with an objective of providing 10% of its energy from renewables by 2020 (Ackah and Asomani, 2015). Meanwhile, solar Photovoltaic (PV) accounts for less than 2% of the energy mix (Energy Commission, 2018). In combating environmental issues such as climate change and meeting these policy targets, there is the urgent need to increase investment into the renewable sector. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to critically examine the impeding constraints to photovoltaic investment in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach The Literature evaluation was carried out of critical constraints surrounding PV investments. Questionnaire was developed and administered online using Google form. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the features of each constraint. In addition, inferential analysis using relative importance index was used to rank these indicators. Again, one sample t-test was used to test the significance of the indicator. Multiple indicators were used to measure the latent constructs. Finally, independent test of mean equity was used to test relationship between the working experiences of despondence who have worked with solar PV below five years and those who worked from five years to ten years. Findings The research has highlights high installation and maintenance costs, lack of access to long-term capital finance, access to affordable consumer finance and lack of support to research and development as the major investment obstacles to solar PV investment in Ghana. Research limitations/implications It is recommended that the Government of Ghana should provide incentives such as tax waivers, which will encourage entrepreneurs, invest into PV. In addition, it is recommended that solar PV companies must collaborate with financial institutions to provide low interest and flexible consumer financing schemed that can enable home users to purchase the technology. Future research should complement this work by focusing on the impact of domestic currency volatility on PV investment. The scope of this study is constrained to the PV industry in Ghana. Practical implications This study will serve as a guide to the private sector business owners to help make critical PV investment decisions. It has also brought to the forefront the reason why solar PV account for a small fraction of Ghana’s energy mix. Originality/value This paper seeks to espouse the prevailing constraints to PV investment in Ghana and seeks to contribute to already existing literature that will make profound changes in state policy around PV investment. By understanding these difficulties, driving pointers can be recognized to encourage effective future venture inside the sustainable power source area. In this way, the research leads to a better understanding of the impeding factors that hinders PV investment in Ghana. Again, the paper has achieved new discovery with regards to variations between years of experience with PV use. The variation being less than five years with over five years of PV use. By understanding these difficulties, driving pointers can be recognized to invigorate effective future ventures.

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Analysis of latent impeding factors to solar photovoltaic investments in Ghana

Sackey

Owusu‐Manu

Asiedu

et al. 2020

IJESM

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“…These increases align with frameworks that recognize how an innovation's availability and accessibility play a critical role in that innovation's adoption ( Ribot and Peluso, 2003 ; Rogers, 2003 ; Tolba and Mourad, 2011 ). Consequently, just as a tipping point for book readers with enough resources (of skill, time, and money) to read was reached, these days increasing numbers of people have the resources—e.g., digital awareness ( Reddy et al., 2020 ), affordable data plans ( Cable.Co.UK, n.d. ), ownership or sharing-arrangements for SIM cards or smartphones ( Amiri Sani, Boos, Yun and Zhong, 2014 ; Donner, 2007 ; Wyche et al., 2015 ), stable electrical infrastructures or solar-charging panels in rural or remote areas to keep phones charged ( Almeida and Brito, 2015 )—to access digitally available content. Paralleling the accessibility to books (and other print media), which did not guarantee access to everyone but positioned accessibility as a critical part of culture and citizenship ( Sanya, 2017 ) beyond a certain tipping point, so has digital accessibility passed a tipping point to become a critical part of present-day culture and citizenship ( Choi, 2016 ; Sanya and Odero, 2017 )—without yet safeguarding access for everyone and thus inadvertently or deliberately excluding some.…”

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Breaking out: the turning point in learning using mobile technology

Bello‐Bravo

Brooks

Lutomia

et al. 2021

Heliyon

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Despite considerable research on YouTube as a digital media platform, little research to date has quantified the device-type used to access that online media. Analyzing access-device data for videos on one YouTube video channel—Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO), which produces educational content specifically accessible to low- or non-literate, poor, or geographically isolated learners in less developed areas of the world—the results identify the historical moments between 2015 and 2017 when mobile/smartphones, both globally and by region, crossed a tipping point to surpass all other ICT devices (including desktop PCs, laptops, and other Internet-accessing technologies) as the primary device-type for accessing SAWBO videos. Specifically, data from January 2013 to June 2018 obtained for SAWBO's YouTube channel were sampled to capture and distinguish the access device-type used and then summarized in broad global and regional categories. The tipping point, as the date where the percentage of views from mobile phones was equivalent to the percentage of views from computers, were also calculated globally and by region. Besides documenting this critical global-historical moment, the results also have implications for mass digital-messaging generally and mobile-based public service learning specifically.

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“…There is limited discussion of water access and willingness to pay for water in the literature, other than just the provision of water. The literature shows that phone and lantern charging is a viable business in the rural areas of developing countries [51,52]. With no grid connection, solar PV makes an attractive source of electric power to provide these basic energy needs.…”

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Energy and Water Needs Analysis: Towards Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping in Rural Areas of Malawi

2020

J Sustain Res

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Water and energy are both major challenges in rural areas of developing countries, including in the sub-Saharan Africa Region. This study assessed water and energy needs, challenges, and costs in order to produce a body of knowledge and further explore ways in which the water-energy synergies could be utilised. A mixed-mode survey method consisting of questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, observations and focus group discussions involving participants in the rural areas of Chiradzulu District in Malawi was employed. The study findings show that water access is generally inadequate, caused by high population, low yield, disparity in the distribution of water sources, and non-functionality.Using the contingent valuation method, logistic regression showed the only predictor of willingness to pay for drinking water was income and the predictors to pay for irrigation water were occupation, age and household size. Sustainable energy access was also found lacking for cooking and basic energy services such as for lighting, mobile charging and for radios. Biomass remains the main source of cooking energy, whereas battery powered torches have replaced paraffin for lighting.Overall, the household survey results imply that there is need for more sustainable water and energy provision. To address both challenges, the study recommends solar PV water pumping systems which can be designed in such a way that they can be simultaneously used for providing basic energy services. Further research is needed to address cooking energy choices.

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A review of technical options for solar charging stations in Asia and Africa

Cited by 7 publications

References 5 publications

Analysis of latent impeding factors to solar photovoltaic investments in Ghana

Analysis of latent impeding factors to solar photovoltaic investments in Ghana

Breaking out: the turning point in learning using mobile technology

Energy and Water Needs Analysis: Towards Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping in Rural Areas of Malawi

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