Abstract
With grid connection rates in Malawi at 9% (5% for rural population) and 87% of primary schools lacking electricity, future connection for a significant share of the remaining schools through off-grid means is a plausible scenario. However, sustainability of off-grid community energy projects at public institutions in Malawi has historically been described as poor. Existing knowledge is largely anecdotal and quantitative data of any sort for off-grid installations is lacking. Efforts to document project existence and what has been effective have mildly improved recently, but this has not included in-depth sustainability analysis . Despite these efforts, it is thought that many more systems and their performance go undocumented. Thus, in 2014 a study was funded by the Scottish Government within the MREAP programme to capture sustainability factors for 43 off-grid solar PV projects at public institutions dispersed throughout Malawi.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 4th Symposium Small PV-Applications 2015 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Rural Electrification and Commercial Use |
| Pages | 116-121 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2015 |
| Event | 4th Symposium Small PV-Applications - Munich, Germany Duration: 9 Jun 2015 → 10 Jun 2015 |
Conference
| Conference | 4th Symposium Small PV-Applications |
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| Country | Germany |
| City | Munich |
| Period | 9/06/15 → 10/06/15 |
Keywords
- off-grid
- Malawi
- photovoltaic
- solar power
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Dauenhauer, P., Frame, D., & Strachan, S. (2015). Technical sustainability of solar PV institutions: results from a field survey of 43 sites in Malawi. In 4th Symposium Small PV-Applications 2015: Rural Electrification and Commercial Use (pp. 116-121)