Factors affecting household satisfaction with electricity supply in rural India

Aklin, Michaël; Cheng, Chao-yo; Urpelainen, Johannes; Ganesan, Karthik; Jain, Abhishek

doi:10.1038/nenergy.2016.170

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“…We're pleased to have been able to feature studies tackling this issue, including a large household survey of satisfaction with electricity supply in rural India 13 and an examination of the interplay between climate mitigation and clean cook-stove policies 14 , which found that without additional support, fuel price increases resulting from climate policies could leave millions without access to clean cooking fuels. We're looking forward to covering this topic further in due course.…”

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“…Dinkelman (2011) previous study (Aklin et al, 2016) that stresses that socio-economic effects of grid electricity are unable to be realized when the grid is unreliable and of poor quality.…”

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“…In addition, estimates are that one-third of domestic customers engage in electricity theft through meter modifications or transmission line tampering (Mukherjee, 2014). Indian households' level of satisfaction with their electricity situation has been shown to be strongly correlated to the quality of their electricity connection (Aklin et al, 2016). Historically, there was insufficient capacity in the electricity supply chain to meet demand, resulting in a shortfall in peak power.…”

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“…Thus, there is a need to go beyond the current government electrification performance indicators of village and household connectivity (Aklin et al, 2016). The shortcomings in the quality of electricity supply, and, ultimately consumer satisfaction and associated livelihood improvements, create opportunities for alternative electricity supply systems.…”

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“…can power the full range of electric appliances, although reliability and quality of supply can severely limit its usefulness (Aklin et al, 2016). These electrification levels provide the basis for examining effects in adding value that flow through the economic system, discussed in greater detail in the next section.…”

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Optimal power dispatch in solar‐assisted uninterruptible power supply systems

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Summary Many countries in the developing world undergo regular power outages (scheduled and nonscheduled) due to lack of sufficient generation capability or transmission and distribution bottlenecks. Therefore, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems are commonly installed to critical power loads during daily power outages. While the integration of solar photovoltaic (PV) with these UPSs has seen rapid growth in recent years, their incorporation in conventional topologies is highly suboptimal. Therefore, in this work, we formulate a mathematical framework for optimal solar PV integration with domestic UPS systems for minimum cost solution incorporating all relevant system constraints and requisite system losses. We also propose and develop a retrofitting technological solution to integrate solar PV with typical UPS systems for optimal system operation. Results show that the proposed methodology and system implementation can achieve cost savings of up to 40.6% compared with conventional UPS system (without solar) in typical scenarios. In addition, with the proposed optimized utilization of PV, the grid utilization is decreased by 75% compared with the conventional case where UPS is integrated with solar using standard maximum power point charge controllers. This work is therefore highly useful for many developing regions with intermittent grids.

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Factors affecting household satisfaction with electricity supply in rural India

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Private sector electrification in Base of the Pyramid marketplaces in India: opportunities for energy and business to create Shared Value

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