14 research outputs found
Large Scale Engineering Systems - Insight on Desalination for Agriculture in Saudi Arabia
Emissions from gas processing platforms to the atmosphere-case studies versus benchmarks
Air change rates and radon accumulation in rooms with various levels of window and door closure
Environmental and techno-economic assessment of power system expansion for projected demand levels in Kenya using TIMES modeling framework
A pilot‐scale deep bed denitrification filter for secondary effluent treatment using sodium acetate as external carbon
Sustainable Low-Carbon Expansion for the Power Sector of an Emerging Economy: The Case of Kenya
Sustainable solar home systems model: Applying lessons from Bangladesh to Myanmar's rural poor
Myanmar's rural population has very low access to electricity, mainly due to low disposal income and the remoteness of communities. This paper attempts to test the potential applicability of Grameen Shakti-Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), which is a Bangladeshi public private partnership microfinance model, to rural Myanmar towards enhanced solar home systems (SHS) deployment. Rural poor are enabled by this microfinancing scheme to own SHSs in a few years for as low as US$6.40 per month. The objectives of this paper are to assess the experience of Grameen Shakti-IDCOL and other similar projects for invaluable lessons, identify barriers to sustainable electrification for Myanmar's rural poor and to apply these lessons learned to overcome barriers by developing policy recommendations for sustainable electrification for rural poor in Myanmar. Recommendations are provided suggesting the revision of some assumptions in the National Electrification Plan (NEP) and the creation of a microfinance-based public private partnership, with a polycentric structure, strong local presence and effective after sales service, to increase the deployment of SHSs to sustainably and economically supply modern energy to Myanmar's rural poor