Photovolts for villages

Photovolts for villages

A relatively few successful applications of solar photovoltaic electric systems in developing countries may open the door to massive worldwide deployment of similar systems, conditioned upon affordable finance. The author discusses the implementation of PV systems from the 1960s to date, and then di...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE spectrum 1994-10, Vol.31 (10), p.34-39
1. Verfasser: Lysen, E.H.
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Biomass
Cathodic protection
Costs
Earth
Electric power
LDCs
Manycountries
Petroleum
Photovoltaic cells
Pressing
Production capacity
Propagation losses
Refrigeration
Solar energy
Solar system
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Zusammenfassung:A relatively few successful applications of solar photovoltaic electric systems in developing countries may open the door to massive worldwide deployment of similar systems, conditioned upon affordable finance. The author discusses the implementation of PV systems from the 1960s to date, and then discusses five problems associated with such schemes: financial, institutional, interpersonal, infrastructural, and technical.< >
ISSN:0018-9235
1939-9340
DOI:10.1109/6.328651