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Uddin , Kotub, Prinsloob, Gerro, Marco, James and Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.) (2017) Techno-economic analysis of the viability of solar home systems using lithium-ion batteries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Energy Procedia, 138 . pp. 267-272. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.10.053 ISSN 1876-6102.
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.10.053
Abstract
One of the biggest challenges facing us today is finding a sustainable solution to provide clean and affordable energy to the millions of Africans who live without it. Over 600 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa did not have access to electricity in 2015 and while more than 60% of them live in rural areas, the rate of residential rural electrification there is as low as 17% [1]. Solar Home Systems can potentially increase the penetration of electricity access in rural Sub-Saharan Africa. In this paper, the viability of using Solar Home Systems which employ lithium-ion batteries is investigated, particularly considering the degradation of batteries. It is found that, exposed to the hot climates of Sub-Saharan Africa, capacity fade after 5 years of cycling is approximately 20% equating to a battery system replacement cost of approximately USD 50. Although this, in-and-of-itself, is not preventive, the upfront costs of Solar Home Systems, in the region of USD 7k-21k, can act as a deterrent.
Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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Subjects: | T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering | |||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | |||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Photovoltaic power systems -- Cost effectiveness -- Africa, Lithium ion batteries | |||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Energy Procedia | |||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd. | |||||||||
ISSN: | 1876-6102 | |||||||||
Official Date: | October 2017 | |||||||||
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Volume: | 138 | |||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 267-272 | |||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.10.053 | |||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | |||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 20 November 2017 | |||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 20 March 2018 | |||||||||
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