Rural electrification : Learning the lessons

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 553 KB
• Volume: 4
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1471-0846
• DOI: 10.1016/s1471-0846(03)80034-3

✦ Synopsis

Learning the Lessons

Nearly a ~hird of ~he world~g DoD~la~io~, mai~,~[y r~ra [, are w[~hou~ electric[t}% beca~ge i~ ig <:o~sider~d ~Hecor~omic or imDractica[ to s~appty those co~cerHed fr~m r~a~ior~a~ 9ridSo Yet rene~r~abie energies have made ~Feaf~ s~-~ides i~ ¢~e ~as~ decade or two and could ~ow, iH ~,~a~c~, case~4 ~r~vide ~ viable mea~s ~f supD[gi~'~g ~h~se c~rre~ty w, it~¢ Do>~ero S~3~ w~W is ~at rura~ e~ec{rifica~ion a~d renewables ~ave ~¢~¢ get f{ar~r~ed g~e ideal maeria%e? {, {} re,orego It's a sad truth that renewables have often failed to meet the expectations of rural end users. To what extent this is is because villagers have unrealistically high expectations, possibly due to over-selling by renewables interests, or because systems have proved technically or economically inadequate is debatable. But there are too many examples of wind, PV, small hydro and other schemes that have fallen by the wayside, either not making it into service or being abandoned after limited use. Community members helping to construct a hydro installation in Beralapanathara, Sri Lanka. Photo credit." ITDG/Zul