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Narayan, N.S. (author), Vega Garita, V.E. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Popovic-Gerber, Jelena (author), Bauer, P. (author), Zeman, M. (author)Nearly 840 million people still lack access to electricity, while over a billion more have an unreliable electricity connection. In this article, the three different electrification pathways-grid extension, centralized microgrids, and standalone solar-based solutions, such as pico-solar and solar home systems (SHS)-are critically examined...journal article 2020
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Narayan, N.S. (author), Chamseddine, Ali (author), Vega Garita, V.E. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Popovic, J. (author), Bauer, P. (author), Zeman, M. (author)Off-grid solar home systems (SHSs) currently constitute a major source of providing basic electricity needs in un(der)-electrified regions of the world, with around 73 million households having benefited from off-grid solar solutions by 2017. However, in and of itself, state-of-the-art SHSs can only provide electricity access with adequate...journal article 2019
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Yu, Y. (author), Narayan, N.S. (author), Vega Garita, V.E. (author), Popovic, J. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Wagemaker, M. (author), Bauer, P. (author), Zeman, M. (author)The past few years have seen strong growth of solar-based off-grid energy solutions such as Solar Home Systems (SHS) as a means to ameliorate the grave problem of energy poverty. Battery storage is an essential component of SHS. An accurate battery model can play a vital role in SHS design. Knowing the dynamic behaviour of the battery is...journal article 2018