Remote monitoring of off-grid renewable energy Case studies in rural Malawi, Zambia, and Gambia

Author

Dauenhauer, P.M. ; Frame, D.F. ; Strachan, Scott ; Dolan, M. ; Mafuta, M. ; Chakraverty, D. ; Henrikson, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

20-23 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

395

Lastpage

400

Abstract

Increased understanding of off-grid renewable energy technology (RET) performance can assist in improving sustainability of such systems. The technologies for remote monitoring of RET deployments in developing countries are promising with various configurations and usages being tested. Recent applications of remote monitoring technologies in Malawi, Gambia, and Zambia are presented along with their respective strengths and weaknesses. The potential for remote monitoring applications to improve sustainability of off-grid RET is explored along with some theoretical directions of the technologies.

Keywords

distributed power generation; photovoltaic power systems; power system measurement; Gambia; RET deployments; Zambia; off-grid renewable energy technology; remote monitoring technology; rural Malawi; solar PV system; Batteries; Communities; Educational institutions; Maintenance engineering; Remote monitoring; Servers; appropriate technology; mini-grid; off-grid; remote monitoring; renewable energy; solar PV; sustainability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2401-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GHTC.2013.6713718

Filename

6713718