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Experience from First Solar Mini Grid Service in Bangladesh

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Decentralized Solutions for Developing Economies

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A 100 kW Solar mini grid service in the remote off-grid rural market of Sandwip island of Bangladesh has shown technical and commercial viability for the service provider. Financial planning of solar mini grid requires an optimum blend of consumer categories to ensure maximum socio-economic return on investment. Demand and supply side energy management is an important component of stable power supply from the solar minigrid. Policy-wise, subsidized financing with attractive incentives for the private service providers is essential at this early stage of solar mini-grid deployment.

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  1. Prokaushali Sangsad Limited, House 4, Road 6, Block C, Banani, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Hasna J. Khan & Asma J. Huque

  2. Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Kaysar Ahmed Sagor, Tanvir Ahmed, Rashedul Alam & M. Riazul Hamid

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  1. Hasna J. Khan
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Correspondence to Hasna J. Khan .

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  1. ZTG Sekr. HBS1, Technische Universität Berlin Microenergy Systems Research Group, Berlin, Germany

    Sebastian Groh

  2. ZTG Sekr. HBS1, Technische Universität Berlin Microenergy Systems Research Group, Berlin, Germany

    Jonas van der Straeten

  3. ZTG Sekr. HBS1, Technische Universität Berlin Microenergy Systems Research Group, Berlin, Germany

    Brian Edlefsen Lasch

  4. University of California Berkeley Rural Energy Group, Berkeley, California, USA

    Dimitry Gershenson

  5. Faculty of Life Sciences, Hamburg University of Applied Science, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  6. Class of 135 Distinguished, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA

    Daniel M. Kammen

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Khan, H.J., Huque, A.J., Sagor, K.A., Ahmed, T., Alam, R., Hamid, M.R. (2015). Experience from First Solar Mini Grid Service in Bangladesh. In: Groh, S., van der Straeten, J., Edlefsen Lasch, B., Gershenson, D., Leal Filho, W., Kammen, D. (eds) Decentralized Solutions for Developing Economies. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15964-5_4

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