Potential and economic feasibility of solar home systems implementation in Bangladesh

Halder, Pobitra

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“…A survey was conducted on the Copyright ⓒ 2017 SERSC economic and financial feasibility analysis on SHS installation for lighting facility by replacing kerosene based lighting. Due to the replacement of kerosene by SHS, the survey results found shorter payback period ranging around 1.13 to 2.37 years for different SHS installation capacity of around 20Wp to 42Wp [32]. According to the survey data it was also revealed that by replacing expensive usages of kerosene, the total predicted high costs incurred by the kerosene for using 20 years exceeds the initial installation costs of a SHS unit in a rural household, considering the replacement lifetime for solar panels are 20 years.…”

Section: Figure 19 Cumulative Power Generation From Shss [2]mentioning

confidence: 98%

“…On the other hand, the SHS does not contribute to any indoor pollution hence allowing SHS users to stay healthy. Rural electrification through SHS also plays noticeable role in climate protection which is also evident from the fact that significant amount of fossil fuel usages especially kerosene is reduced by every SHShousehold rather non-SHS adopters resulting bringing down the overall usages of kerosene to more than 92 million liters in every year because of SHS installations throughout the rural Bangladesh [32,33]. Thus, rural electrification using SHS do not develop any soot or any noxious odors unlike kerosene, ensuring 100 times better quality lighting without providing any adverse effects to the environment [32].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, the growth of SHS is also thwarted due to insufficient demonstration of the technology and the shortage of awareness among the SHS non-adopters through media, lack of effective promotional campaign and advertisement regarding the benefits that are experienced by SHS users, industry and among policymakers is considered as Informational barriers [7,16]. Moreover, the rapid and smooth dispersion of SHS installations in rural Bangladesh is also impeded because of insufficient number of technical human experts on system installation, maintenance and running proper operation of SHSs as well as providing insufficient training program to SHS users [32]. Rural households have experienced some technical problems while using the SHS.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Poor quality components of the SHS such as PV panel, battery and charge controller in the market, lack of standard and quality control for SHS components, poor technical link in running the system and absence of technical expertise to support the development of SHS are involved as some technical barriers that are likely to hamper smooth running of SHSs in rural Bangladesh [16,32]. Moreover, incorrect installation of a SHS unit, poorly designed SHS using inferior quality of SHS components and improper sizing of the system are responsible to demonstrate problems in the performance of the system [18,19].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Electrification in Rural Bangladesh Using Solar Home System: Progress, Problems and Prospect

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Section: Figure 19 Cumulative Power Generation From Shss [2]mentioning

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Section: Barriers Of Shs and Problems Affecting Expansion Of Shs In Banmentioning

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“…Some studies found marginal benefits: in Sri Lanka, socio-economic impacts were mainly related to longer study hours for children and longer TV watching hours (Wijayatunga & Attalage, 2005), while Mala et al's (2009) study on SHS in Kiribati found only marginal improvements in business productivity over time. Studies centred on Bangladesh (Halder, 2016;Samad et al, 2013) have shown increases in children's study time and health benefits resulting from SHS. In India, Barman et al (2017) found that SHS produced noticeable increases in mobile phone charging and children's study hours, although it was found that social awareness of potential livelihood improvements was crucial for the system's viability.…”

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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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The aim of the PhD thesis is to evaluate the value propositions, motivations and opportunities of private sector electrification in Base of the Pyramid (BoP) marketplaces in India. The lack of access to modern forms of energy, known as energy poverty, can severely limit economic development. Globally, 1.2 billion people lack access to electricity, with 240 million of those residing in India. To highlight this issue, universal energy access has been explicitly included in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Many millions more experience unreliable electricity supply with lengthy outages each day, even though they may be officially considered to have electricity access.The private sector has had an increasing role in both global development and in electricity distribution. In response to market opportunities and driven by a strong sense of social propositions included a cultivation of the dynamic effects of energy, consistent with interactive business models and strategic corporate approaches. These firms exhibited stronger concerns about future grid connectivity, and sought to embed their off-grid technologies as a risk mitigation strategy.Critical insights that emerge from this work include the following: Creation of productive ecosystems around electricity access is important to produce dynamic effects that can translate to Shared Value, sustaining firm competitiveness and alleviating poverty. Electrification of the BoP is a high risk and highly uncertain market proposition that requires a strong social mission from firms to operate and attract investment. Despite the espousal of BoP opportunities, the majority of India's large corporations do not engage in this market, and very few show evidence of a strategic approach.

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Analysis of photovoltaic mini-grid systems for remote locations: A techno-economic approach

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Summary This paper presents a techno‐economic analysis of photovoltaic mini‐grid systems (PMs), using a group of remote houses in 3 locations in Nigeria, as case studies. It uses a worst‐case users' load demand approach for the design and analysis of the proposed energy system, according to international technical standards. It presents detailed capacity, yield and losses, battery state of charge (SoC), reliability, users' load demand increase (Ldi), and life cycle economic analyses by using the Hybrid Optimisation for Electric Renewables (HOMER) simulation tool. The effect of 25% Ldi is also considered in the paper. The study can be used to develop a practical energy model to address the poor energy situation in those locations when they are implemented. Results indicate that PMs of 68, 76, and 61 kW can meet the users' demand of ~63 500 kWh/year with an availability of 99.2% for the locations, respectively. By including a 30‐kVA diesel generator to the PMs' model, an availability of 100% was obtained, demonstrating that the issue of loss of energy supply for several days in the year due to users' Ldi and the cloudy days is being addressed. The results further show that although the hybrid energy systems have relatively higher initial capital, total life cycle and replacement costs, and the cost of energy, they achieve a higher reliability compared with the proposed PMs. The research can be useful for planning solar PV infrastructure for remote locations around the world.

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Potential and economic feasibility of solar home systems implementation in Bangladesh

Cited by 56 publications

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Electrification in Rural Bangladesh Using Solar Home System: Progress, Problems and Prospect

Electrification in Rural Bangladesh Using Solar Home System: Progress, Problems and Prospect

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

Analysis of photovoltaic mini-grid systems for remote locations: A techno-economic approach

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