Financing LED solar home systems in developing countries

Ramchandra Pode

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013, vol. 25, issue C, 596-629

Abstract: About 1.4 billion people around the world still do not have access to the regular electricity. It is estimated that roughly 85% of the people without electricity live in rural, semi-urban or remote rural areas of the sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Although grid expansion is a vital objective of several developing countries and could be a long-term solution, the remoteness, isolation, low electricity demand of many rural communities, high investment cost of grid expansion make them very unlikely to be reached by the extension of the power grid. Consequently, the off-grid generation systems seem to be the most suited alternative to provide the electricity services to these isolated rural communities.

Keywords: Solar Home Systems (SHSs); Financing; Fee for service; Micro-credit system; One-Stop-Shop Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.04.004

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