Sizing solar home systems for optimal development impact

M. Bond, R.J. Fuller and Lu Aye

Energy Policy, 2012, vol. 42, issue C, 699-709

Abstract: The paper compares the development impact of three different sized solar home systems (SHS) (10, 40 and 80Wp) installed in rural East Timor. It describes research aimed to determine whether the higher cost of the larger systems was justified by additional household benefits. To assess the development impact of these different sizes of SHS the research used a combination of participatory and quantitative tools. Participatory exercises were conducted with seventy-seven small groups of SHS users in twenty-four rural communities and supplemented with a household survey of 195 SHS users.

Keywords: SHS; Development impact; East Timor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.12.052

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