Category:Battery Charging Systems

• Basic Information about Battery Charging Systems (BCS)
• Components
• Battery Types
• Energy Sources
• Sizing a System
• Local Production / Planning Capacity

• Energy Planning for Rural Areas (national level, local level)
• Promotional Instruments
• Importing - Licensing - Technology Transfer

Operation and Business Models

• Promotion of Local Planning / Design Capacities
• Modes of Operation (public, private, community-based …)
• Promotion of Private Sector Participation
  Operator Models / Business Set-up
• Metering and Billing Systems
  (metering, flat-rate / limiters, pre-payment)
• Productive Use
• Tariffs
• Operation and maintenance (models, training approaches, …)
• Innovative Battery Delivery

Financing Models

• Grants, Subsidies
• Loans (soft loans, commercial loans)
• Involvement of MFIs, Commercial Banks, Governmental Financial Institutions
• Risk Coverage
  (for project preparation, for construction phase, operation phase)

Analysis Tool for the Financial Feasibility of Battery Charging System (BCS) projects

• Monitoring (socio-economic studies, baseline studies, …)
• Conflict-sensitive Project Design
• Social Implications of Load Management of BCS
• Integration of Gender Issues of BCS
• Consumer Awareness and Communication of BCS
• Environmental Impact Assessments
• Climate Change Related Issues

• on Battery Charging Systems (BCS)

• Burundi
• Ethiopia
• Mali
• Mozambique
• Rwanda

• Project Archive
• Manuals
• Tender Documents
• Feasability Studies
• Further Articles

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• A video on hybrid island systems containing a battery charging component can be viewed here.