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Step on the gas

Solar/diesel hybridization: The deployment of solar PV in sub-Saharan Africa severely lags the rest of the world, for many complex reasons. One of these is the proliferation of diesel gensets for off-grid areas, but GIZs Franziska Kohler explains that, via standardization, PV-diesel hybrids can be made more bankable.

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pv magazine

13 Jun 2016

The lack of reliable electricity supply throughout the developing world is by no means a secret. Despite the rise of renewable energies – in no other year has the capacity of renewables increased more than in 2015 – the development of solar PV in Sub-Saharan Africa has only resulted in very conservative numbers. As a …

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