The International Energy Agency estimates that by 2030 still over 1.2 billion people worldwide will not have access to electricity. The vast majority lives in rural areas in developing countries, where the extension of the national grid is often not feasible. Consequently there is often no plan in p...

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Main Author:	Hopper, Christopher (Author)
Format:	Electronic Video
Language:	English
Published:	[New York, NY] IEEE May 2011
Subjects:	Elektrizitätsversorgungsnetz Energiemanagement Erneuerbare Energien Faktor Mensch Ländlicher Raum Nachhaltigkeit Film
Online Access:	DE-91 Volltext
Summary:	The International Energy Agency estimates that by 2030 still over 1.2 billion people worldwide will not have access to electricity. The vast majority lives in rural areas in developing countries, where the extension of the national grid is often not feasible. Consequently there is often no plan in place to give the rural population access to electricity, which is fundamental to an acceptable quality of life. e.quinox, a student led charitable organization at Imperial College London, has spent the last years developing and testing sustainable electrification solutions for these areas. e.quinox's model is based around central energy generation in an Energy Kiosk and decentralized distribution through Battery Boxes. Currently e.quinox is operating three Energy Kiosks in rural Rwanda, providing 400 households with access to electricity.
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (1 Videodatei, ca. 1 Stunde)
ISBN:	9781612845203