Opportunities and challenges in setting up solar photo voltaic based micro grids for electrification in rural areas of India

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 3320-3325

  Raman, P ^a   Murali, J ^a   Sakthivadivel, D ^a   Vigneswaran, V S ^a  

^a THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Micro grid; Rural area electrification; Solar home lighting system; Solar photo voltaic; Tracking systems

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE CURRENT; CAPITAL COSTS; DIRECT CURRENT POWER; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENERGY SOURCE; GENERATING STATIONS; LIGHT ENERGY; LIGHTING SYSTEMS; MICRO GRID; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONDITIONING; POWER DEMANDS; POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK; POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SYSTEM COSTS; TRACKING SYSTEM; TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREAS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 84858725852     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.02.065     Document Type: Review

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