• DocumentCode
    2203191
  • Title

    Lessons learned by NREL´s village power and rural energy program

  • Author

    Flowers, Larry ; Baring-Gould, Ian

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    10-10 June 2004
  • Firstpage
    2093
  • Abstract
    This paper is to update the lessons NREL staff have gleaned from their participation in village energy projects and programs. NREL´s approach to village power (VP) is multidisciplinary and multifunctional. NREL´s integrated VP program included resource assessment/mapping, applications development, analytical modeling/options analysis, training, strategic planning, pilot project development, and program implementation.
  • Keywords
    renewable energy sources; NREL staff; NREL village power; pilot project development; rural energy program; strategic planning; village energy projects; Batteries; Biomass; Educational institutions; Government; Internet; Laboratories; Monitoring; Performance analysis; Photovoltaic cells; Renewable energy resources;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2004. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Denver, CO
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8465-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PES.2004.1373250
  • Filename
    1373250