Swarm electrification: A comprehensive literature review

Steve Sheridan, Keith Sunderland and Jane Courtney

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2023, vol. 175, issue C

Abstract: Swarm Electrification (SE) is a relatively new concept, gaining considerable attention as a tool to provide last-mile electrification. A swarm grid is like a micro-grid, but rather than a planned network, it is assembled in an ad-hoc manner, connecting available equipment and growing organically as more resources become available mitigating the capital expenditure required for a community grid. SE also allows owners of small solar home systems (SHS) to sell excess energy whilst enabling others to gain an electricity connection, generating income for the prosumer and helping others to get on the electrification ladder. SE is an opportunity to reduce energy poverty, utilizing existing equipment.

Keywords: Swarm electrification; Swarm-grid; Mesh-grid; Micro-grid; Bottom-up electrification; UN SDG7; Sustainability; Solar home systems; Organically grown micro-grids; Nano-grid; Peer to peer electricity trading (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2023.113157

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