Off-grid systems for rural electrification in developing countries: Definitions, classification and a comprehensive literature review

S Mandelli, J Barbieri, R Mereu, E Colombo - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2016 - Elsevier
Access to electric power supply has always had a significant role in promoting
improvements in all the society sectors, nevertheless nowadays 1.3 billion of people still do …

Pico hydropower (PHP) development in Malaysia: Potential, present status, barriers and future perspectives

A Kadier, MS Kalil, M Pudukudy, HA Hasan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Present day, the environmental issues and the insufficiency of energy supply are of major
concerns around the world. In view of this, numerous utilities have interchanged their …

Resilience and reliable integration of PV-wind and hydropower based 100% hybrid renewable energy system without any energy storage system for inaccessible area …

AS Irshad, WK Samadi, AM Fazli, AG Noori, AS Amin… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Achieving sustainable development goals requires off-grid electrification of remote areas
using sustainable energy systems (SES). However, capacity planning for SES is challenging …

Hydrokinetic power generation for rural electricity supply: Case of South Africa

K Kusakana, HJ Vermaak - Renewable energy, 2013 - Elsevier
This study investigates the possibility of using and developing hydrokinetic power to supply
reliable, affordable and sustainable electricity to rural, remote and isolated loads in rural …

[PDF][PDF] An overview of the hydropower production potential in Bangladesh to meet the energy requirements

M Miskat, A Ahmed, MS Rahman… - Environmental …, 2021 - vuir.vu.edu.au
Current environmental catastrophes generating from fossil fuel power generation has
attracted the attention of energy planners to look for sustainable energy sources …

Micro-hydro power in the UK: The role of communities in an emerging energy resource

LJ Bracken, HA Bulkeley, CM Maynard - Energy Policy, 2014 - Elsevier
Research around micro-hydro power is focused on technical aspects with limited
understanding of the social organisation and environmental implications. We examine the …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges facing the implementation of pico-hydropower technologies

SJ Williamson, WD Lubitz, AA Williams… - Journal of Sustainability …, 2019 - hapres.com
ABSTRACT 840 million people living in rural areas across the world lack access to
electricity, creating a large imbalance in the development potential between urban and rural …

A study on developing pico propeller turbine for low head micro hydropower plants in Nepal

P Adhikari, U Budhathoki, SR Timilsina… - Journal of the Institute …, 2013 - nepjol.info
Most of the turbines used in Nepal are medium or high head turbines. These types of
turbines are efficient but limited for rivers and streams in the mountain and hilly region which …

Development of in-situ pico hydropower from treated drain wastewater

A Kumar, S Asoria, R Chaudhary, R Kumar… - Clean Technologies and …, 2023 - Springer
Hydropower contributes around 13% of the total renewable power generation in India.
Hydraulic power plants are dependent on diversion structures, elevation (head), constant …

Experimental optimisation of a low-head pico hydro turgo turbine

SJ Williamson, BH Stark… - 2012 IEEE Third …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Rural electrification can help to alleviate poverty, providing energy for daily household and
income generation tasks. Where appropriate resources exist, pico hydropower is a cost …