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|Pub Title=The Challenges of Community-Based Solar Energy Interventions: Lessons From Two Rwandan Refugee Camps
|Pub Organization=ScienceDirect
|Pub Author=J.D.Nixon, K.Bhargava, A.Halford, E.Gaura
|Pub Month=November
|Pub Year=2021
|Pub Abstract=The paper presents evidence from the performance assessment of two solar energy interventions. Specifically, anevidence base was built around two community co-conceived standalone photovoltaic-battery systems, whichwere deployed in two refugee camps in Rwanda. We found that for both installations (a micro-grid and a community hall electrification system) energy consumption levels were low, showing that sizeable energy consumption gaps can still develop when co-conceived interventions are deployed. The consumption gap led to low-performance ratios (33% and 25% respectively for the micro-grid and community hall system). To guide further work and improve the sustainability of community interventions, we draw a number of design principles for future energy interventions in similar contexts. To deliver sustainable energy transitions for refugees, there needs to be a move towards co-creating community interventions that promote self-governance to position communities as users, maintainers, and suppliers of energy services, throughout an intervention's lifetime
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|Pub Newsletter=Yes
|Pub Tag Solar=Solar
|Pub Tag Renewable=Renewable Energy
|Pub Tag Energy=Energy Access
|Pub Tag Humanitarian=Humanitarian Energy
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