Design Supply Infrastructure - Revision history

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Hector Alfaro: Hector Alfaro moved page Nigeria Off-Grid Solar Knowledge Hub - Design Supply Infrastructure to Design Supply Infrastructure without leaving a redirect

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 |This installation practice manual was written as a recommendation to improve and standardize the quality of existing and planned off-grid PV mini-grid installations. The publication, which is dominated by good and bad installation photos, is expected to be a lesson learned and a source of reference for stakeholders, especially in the process of installation, design, inspection, and operation and maintenance of off grid PV mini-grids. Good examples show recommendations on installation practices to avoid hazardous situations or reduce component life. The bad examples indicate which installations should be repaired and avoided in future PV mini-grid systems.
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-|[https://sun-connect.org/wpcont/uploads/Minigrid-nigeria-india.pdf Mini Grid Solutions for  Underserved  Customers]
+|[https://sun-connect.org/wpcont/uploads/Minigrid-nigeria-india.pdf Mini Grid Solutions for  Underserved  Customers: New Insights from Nigeria and India]
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-|In many developing countries, 2 billion people endure frequent blackouts, with 1 billion facing extensive power outages annually. This study delves into the potential of under-grid mini grids as a solution. These mini grids, situated within areas served by existing distribution enterprises, offer a lifeline to communities underserved by conventional grids. Furthermore, it investigates the challenges of weak service in peri-urban areas, often neglected by government and donor programs despite their proximity to the grid
+|In many developing countries, 2 billion people endure frequent blackouts, with 1 billion facing extensive power outages annually. This study delves into the potential of under-grid mini grids as a solution. These mini grids, situated within areas served by existing distribution enterprises, offer a lifeline to communities underserved by conventional grids. Furthermore, the study investigates the challenges of weak service in peri-urban areas, often neglected by government and donor programs despite their proximity to the grid.
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 |This installation practice manual was written as a recommendation to improve and standardize the quality of existing and planned off-grid PV mini-grid installations. The publication, which is dominated by good and bad installation photos, is expected to be a lesson learned and a source of reference for stakeholders, especially in the process of installation, design, inspection, and operation and maintenance of off grid PV mini-grids. Good examples show recommendations on installation practices to avoid hazardous situations or reduce component life. The bad examples indicate which installations should be repaired and avoided in future PV mini-grid systems.
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 ====Solar Home Systems (SHS)====

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 |The document assists the reader in developing a general understanding of the subject area operation and maintenance. The guideline addresses O&M contractors as well as installers, owners, investors, financiers, monitoring tool providers, technical consultants and interested stakeholders in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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 |The software was developed by INENSUS and facilitates the entire data management for decentralized electric utilities (DEUs) within a single platform. Operators and maintainers no longer need to operate their own server, but can transfer and access their data on the platform without further IT knowledge.
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 |COMET is a role-playing software tool built around a representation of a mini-grid system, intended to be used as an educational and collaborative planning tool in designing a community-sized mini-grid system. The tool is designed to be used within a process that explores mini-grid planning and operational decisions. After the simulation, one can generate reports and analyse data on consumer demand and payments. Communities can develop workable solutions to challenges of managing a community-sized mini-grid, such as system sizing, tariff-setting, and demand-side management. By playing as a group, the players can also improve their understanding of energy technology, practice negotiation and consensus-building skills.
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 |Powered by machine learning and geo-spatial analysis algorithms, the Network Planner tool calculates the least cost of electrification mode to energize off-grid communities. This enables informed decisions about project implementation strategy and allows for cost comparison between implementing Mesh-grids and minigrid networks.
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 |GEOSIM is a geospatial rural electrification planning tool software used to create highly interactive rural electrification planning scenarios. GEOSIM selects priority projects within the targeted territory and proposes least cost electrification solutions. A wide range of renewable energy generation options is included.
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 Many solar products are not repaired or recycled or these processes are carried out in the informal sector which can lead to major environmental damage and health issues for the workers and people benefitting from them. Meanwhile an increasing number of companies are focusing on the optimization of the product life cycle, which includes a longer product life and the handling of the product at the end of the value chain. Furthermore, many companies are establishing e-waste strategies voluntarily, motivated through environmental and social aspects. An e-waste strategy can also add economic value by generating an additional source of revenue. For example, the introduction of an after-sale service can help to increase customer trust and thereby increase the return rate of the components which can then be repaired and resold. E-waste strategies may include take-back and collection systems for old appliances, second-life batteries or improved reparability<ref>Rhodes, R. (2020) ''Beyond e-waste: A circular approach to reducing the footprint of the off-grid solar industry'', ''GOGLA''. Available at: <nowiki>https://www.gogla.org/about-us/blogs/beyond-e-waste-a-circular-approach-to-reducing-the-footprint-of-the-off-grid-solar</nowiki> (Accessed: 6 July 2022).</ref>.
-Various other approaches can be taken into account for incorporating end-of-life aspects in the design of electrification measures. When selecting materials and resources, e.g. [[batteries]], attention should be paid to durability and ease of repair (e.g. by exchanging individual components). Furthermore, customers must be offered incentives to return their old appliances and have defective appliances repaired for example in the form of a warranty. Companies should additionally create a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to assist with the operational delivery of an e-waste management strategy<ref>Magalini, F. ''et al.'' (2021) ''E-Waste Guide for Stand-Alone Solar in Nigeria''. Africa Clean Energy Technical Assistance Facility (ACE TAF) and National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency of Nigeria (NESREA). Available at: <nowiki>https://www.ace-taf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/E-Waste-Guide-for-Stand-Alone-Solar-in-Nigeria.pdf</nowiki>.</ref>.
+Various other approaches can be taken into account for incorporating end-of-life aspects in the design of electrification measures. When selecting materials and resources, e.g. [[Batteries|batteries]], attention should be paid to durability and ease of repair (e.g. by exchanging individual components). Furthermore, customers must be offered incentives to return their old appliances and have defective appliances repaired for example in the form of a warranty. Companies should additionally create a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to assist with the operational delivery of an e-waste management strategy<ref>Magalini, F. ''et al.'' (2021) ''E-Waste Guide for Stand-Alone Solar in Nigeria''. Africa Clean Energy Technical Assistance Facility (ACE TAF) and National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency of Nigeria (NESREA). Available at: <nowiki>https://www.ace-taf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/E-Waste-Guide-for-Stand-Alone-Solar-in-Nigeria.pdf</nowiki>.</ref>.
 It should be noted that most companies which are voluntarily engaging in e-waste management, are not profitable yet. However, companies can benefit from funding. The Global LEAP Awards is recognising end-of-life aspects through providing grant funding to firms which want to improve repairability, upcycle or recycle solar components<ref name=":0">Munro, P.G. ''et al.'' (2022) ‘Towards a repair research agenda for off-grid solar e-waste in the Global South’, ''Nature Energy'' [Preprint]. Available at: <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01103-9</nowiki>.</ref>.
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 |The mini-grid portal provides an overview of the information available on energypedia related to mini-grids. You can look for specific topics, case studies or tools.
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-|[https://www.usaid.gov/energy/mini-grids U'''SAID Mini-Grids Support Toolkit''']
+|[https://www.usaid.gov/energy/mini-grids '''USAID Mini-Grids Support Toolkit''']
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 |The Open Educational Resource provided by Libre Solar is an open source hub, providing information on hardware and software for smart and renewable energy systems. Furthermore the website gives information on the layout of energy systems, component development and production for a printed circuit board (PCB), a carrier for electronic components.
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-|[https://www.ace-taf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/E-Waste-Guide-for-Stand-Alone-Solar-in-Nigeria.pdf A'''CE-TAF - E-Waste Guide for Stand-Alone Solar in Nigeria''']
+|[https://www.ace-taf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/E-Waste-Guide-for-Stand-Alone-Solar-in-Nigeria.pdf '''ACE-TAF - E-Waste Guide for Stand-Alone Solar in Nigeria''']
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-|[[Nigeria Off-Grid Solar Knowledge Hub - Design Supply Infrastructure - PeopleSuN Off Grid Planning Tool|PeopleSuN Off Grid Planning Tool]]
+|[[PeopleSuN Off Grid Planning Tool|PeopleSuN Off Grid Planning Tool]]
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 |The browser-based tool for planning off-grid systems allows for both spatial optimization of an electrical grid and optimization of the design and unit commitment of the available energy converter technologies. The tool optimizes according to overall system cost reduction, considering a mix of SHS and minigrid- connected consumers.
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-|[https://prospect.energy/ P'''ROSPECT - Open-source data platform''']
+|[https://prospect.energy/ '''PROSPECT - Open-source data platform''']
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 |Prospect is a free, real-time, product-agnostic open source data and transaction platform. Services include the collection of real-time data as well as the analysation and visualization of them. For the analysis of performance and impact, Prospect combines customer, technical, usage, maintenance, and payment data streams. Through the built-in transaction functionality, users can be supported in their financing and subsidy disbursement. The platform is designed for small solar home systems as well as large mini grids and grid-connected networks.
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-|[https://www.seforall.org/policy-and-regulatory-frameworks/project-nigerian-solar-value-chain S'''EforAll, AllOn - Economic model for the solar value chain''']
+|[https://www.seforall.org/policy-and-regulatory-frameworks/project-nigerian-solar-value-chain '''SEforAll, AllOn - Economic model for the solar value chain''']
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 |With the goal of increasing local content in the value chain of OG-appliances, SEforALL and All On developed an economic model for the simulation of the impact of key levers on indicators of the value chain including for instance product prices, created jobs and GHG-emissions. Other tools developed under the project are a supply and demand-side geospatial data platform, the analysis of strengths and weaknesses in the existing solar component value chain as well as a guide with recommendations and implementation for the localization of components.
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-|[https://www.greenenergyinvestment.com.ng/sites/default/files/documents/2021.07.21_%20Work%20Package%202_Testing%20Facility%20Assessment.pdf A'''ssessment of Solar PV Component Standards, Certification''']
+|[https://www.greenenergyinvestment.com.ng/sites/default/files/documents/2021.07.21_%20Work%20Package%202_Testing%20Facility%20Assessment.pdf '''Assessment of Solar PV Component Standards, Certification''']
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 |The toolkit is organized into modules, each of which presents recent learning and experience on a critical area relating to mini-grids. These modules include national policies and planning, emerging technologies, technical design, economics, financing, ownership, regulation, environmental impacts and community considerations.
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-|[https://www.homerenergy.com/ H'''OMER Software''']
+|[https://www.homerenergy.com/ '''HOMER Software''']
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 |The “Hybrid Renewable and Distributed Generation System Design” (HOMER) software evaluates and compares hybrid micro grids and on-grid systems by cost effectiveness and reliability and optimizes the energy assets (sizing and operation). The software is commonly used for comparing different scenarios.
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-|[https://greenminigrid.afdb.org/ G'''reen Mini-Grid Help Desk''']
+|[https://greenminigrid.afdb.org/ '''Green Mini-Grid Help Desk''']
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 |The toolkit provided by Green Empowerment, comprises an excel based software for designing off-grid solar systems for small scale power systems.
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-|[https://learn.libre.solar/ B'''uilding DC Energy Systems''']
+|[https://learn.libre.solar/ '''Building DC Energy Systems''']
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-|[https://www.usaid.gov/energy/mini-grids U'''SAID Mini-Grids Support Toolkit''']
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 |The toolkit is organized into modules, each of which presents recent learning and experience on a critical area relating to mini-grids. These modules include national policies and planning, emerging technologies, technical design, economics, financing, ownership, regulation, environmental impacts and community considerations.
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 |[https://www.homerenergy.com/ H'''OMER Software''']
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 |This toolkit is composed by a set of Excel templates to support the calculation of cash-flows (“Financing tool”), feed-in tariffs for selling power into the main grid (“FIT-tool”), generation costs for different technologies. It can support the design of PPAs or joint ventures (“PPA tool”) and determine average tariff levels for covering the costs (“Retail tariff tool”).
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 |[https://staging.okrasolar.com/network-planner/ Network Planner]
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