Infrastructure Disruptions: How Instability Breeds Household Vulnerability

Abstract

The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

Solar-plus-storage benefits for end-users placed at radial and meshed grids: An economic and resiliency analysis

“…In the event of a power outage affecting end-users, such as hospitals, electronic medical equipment can cease to function and thus, the effect on patients could be fatal [22]. Although it is impossible to make a precise estimate of the cost of blackouts [23,24], that cost undoubtedly exists.…”