This paper describes the efforts of NREL's Renewables for Sustainable Village Power team to match renewable energy tecyhnologies with rural energy needs in the international market. The paper describes the team's activities, updates the lessons learned, and proposes an integrated approach as a model for rural electrification with renewables.
Flowers, L.; Baring-Gould, I.; Bianchi, J.; Corbus, D.; Drouilhet, S.; Elliott, D.; Gevorgian, V.; Jimenez, A.; Lilienthal, P.; Newcomb, C.; Taylor, R.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Market Analysis
Technical Report