Eternal light: ingredients for sustainable off-grid energy development

Henry Louie; Peter Dauenhauer; Michael Wilson; Adriaan Zomers; Joseph Mutale

doi:10.1109/MPE.2014.2317093

Eternal light: ingredients for sustainable off-grid energy development

Henry Louie, Peter Dauenhauer, Michael Wilson, Adriaan Zomers, Joseph Mutale

Electronic And Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

Sustainability has been famously defined as the ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.? While elegant in its conceptual simplicity, this definition is often not the most useful one to practitioners, especially those working in the area of energy deployment in developing communities. The sustainability of small-scale, off-grid energy systems?systems that appear to fit this definition neatly?cannot, in fact, be taken for granted. And sustainability is key: it can mean the difference between prolonged poverty and transformational prosperity for the 1.2 billion people around the world who lack electricity, some 85% of them in rural areas.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	70-78
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE Power and Energy Magazine
Volume	12
Issue number	4
Early online date	12 Jun 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MPE.2014.2317093
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2014

Keywords

environmental factors
organisational aspects
project management
sustainable development
eternal light
holistic design approach
small-scale energy development project

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