Installations of Solar Systems in Remote Areas of Himachal Pradesh, INDIA: Challenges and Opportunities

2019 ◽  
pp. 23-34
Author(s):  
Santosh B. Bopche
Keyword(s):  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
Solar Systems ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

scholarly journals Design and Cost Analysis of an Off-grid Solar Grain Mill

2021 ◽  
pp. 52-76
Author(s):  
Théogène Nshimyumukiza ◽  
Christophe Bananeza ◽  
Jean Marie Vianney Niyodusenga ◽  
Jean De Dieu Munyaneza ◽  
Etienne Iraguha
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Weather Condition ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Solar Systems ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Solar Home System ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic System

Solar Energy in Rwanda is one of renewable energy sources that is being utilized nowadays in different remote regions of the country due to its considerable social-economic impact. The off-grid solar photovoltaic system turns solar irradiance into electricity to be used in remote areas without being connected to the national grid. Normally people living in those areas use diesel engines to perform their daily activities which require electricity and this has a crucial negative effect on the environment as they are contributing much to the environmental pollution. To address this problem and to reduce these effects caused by thermal engines, this project designs a solar system that will replace those thermal engines by not only reducing their environmental effects but also by allowing the households living in vicinity of system location to have easy access to the electricity. An off-grid solar grain mill provides the grain mill services to those people in remote areas far from the national grid. The system designed will use the solar home system components such as photovoltaic modules, charge controller, batteries and an inverter as generation components and grain mill machine. It has the capacity of 13.56kW whereby 7.5kW of them are used to run grain mill machines and the remaining are used by the local community for lighting purposes. Electrical design and simulation were done by using MATLAB SIMULINK for solar systems. The research method includes weather condition, site survey, data collected from different organizations related to agriculture and energy sector. The system designed and simulated via software has shown good characteristics in terms of both performance and running grain mill machines. The overall system provided ways of getting services to people who don’t have access to electricity especially whose daily life is agriculture based. The total cost of the project was estimated to be $29,690 with its annual income of $9,720 and then a payback period of 3.05years.

Challenges and Opportunities of ICTs for Rural and Remote Areas

2013 ◽  
pp. 195-214
Author(s):  
Yasuhiko Kawasumi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Rural And Remote ◽  
International Telecommunication Union ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
International Telecommunication ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Rural And Remote Areas ◽  
Funding Opportunities

Broadband Internet access is important for rural and remote areas to access e-commerce, e-government, e-learning, e-healthcare, Internet telephony, and other online resources. This chapter discusses the main opportunities and challenges of developing telecommunication infrastructures for rural and remote areas. In addition, affordable high-speed Internet access is important for communication (voice, data, Internet, etc.), community empowerment, job search and career development, and weather and climate monitoring. Expanding Internet access to rural areas, in particular, faces a number of challenges, such as lack of sustainable and affordable power supply, limited funding opportunities, and selecting a suitable technology. The authors discuss these issues using anecdotic evidence from a number of projects and case studies developed in the last 30 years by International Telecommunication Union (ITU). They conclude the chapter with recommendations of successful practices and policy guidelines.

Global Challenges and Opportunities for Parliamentary Public Engagement during the Covid-19 Crisis

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 776-791
Author(s):  
Alex Prior ◽  
Maya Kornberg
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Digital Innovation ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
The Third ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Nations Development

During the Covid-19 crisis, parliamentarians and parliamentary staff faced a novel combi­nation of challenges to their existing functions . In responding to the Covid-19 crisis, parlia­ments were forced to re-examine their political and democratic roles, and in many cases restricted themselves to a small number of ‘core functions’ . Drawing on interviews and focus group undertaken for the third Global Parliamentary Report by the Inter-Parliamen­tary Union and the United Nations Development Programme, different approaches to public engagement by parliaments are assembled and their challenges and opportunities discussed . It shows that public engagement was side-lined in many parliaments while it was maintained or even received renewed attention in a few . This is especially true when it comes to procedural digital innovation and to outreach activities in remote areas and dias­pora communities . Thus the pandemic did accelerate changes that were already underway in some parliaments . It also showed the need for a renewed focus on parliamentary engage­ment not only in the crisis but also beyond .

Continuous hydrogenolysis of acetal-stabilized lignin in flow

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wu Lan ◽  
Yuan Peng Du ◽  
Songlan Sun ◽  
Jean Behaghel de Bueren ◽  
Florent Héroguel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

We performed a steady state high-yielding depolymerization of soluble acetal-stabilized lignin in flow, which offered a window into challenges and opportunities that will be faced when continuously processing this feedstock.

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