Presenter: Isa Ferrall MS/PhD Student Energy and Resources Group Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory University of California, Berkeley Smart Villages Regional Workshop - November 18, 2016 Punta Cana, Dominican Republic Decentralized energy systems for clean energy access

1. Isa Ferrall
MS/PhD Student
Energy and Resources Group
Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory
University of California, Berkeley
Smart Villages Regional Workshop - November 18, 2016
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Decentralized energy systems for
clean energy access

2. http://rael.berkeley.edu
Energy and Resources Group

3. http://rael.berkeley.edu
Renewable and Appropriate
Energy Lab Mission Statement
Developing and implementing
science, engineering, and policy tools
to solve problems of inequality in
access to energy services, and
innovating to sustain the planet.

4. http://rael.berkeley.edu
Timeline
1999
Founded
2007
Kammen
Recognized for
contributions
to the
Nobel
Peace Prize
2010
~ 25 RAEL lab
members:
Postgraduate
PhD, Masters,
Undergraduate
2016
RAEL partners
with energy
research and
clean energy
companies

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RAEL’s previous
efforts in
decentralized
energy systems
for clean energy
access:

6. Energy Access, Opportunity & Quality of Life
Alstone, Gershenson, and Kammen. Nature Climate Change, 2015
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2000
kWh/person-
year

7. Alstone, Gershenson, and Kammen. Nature Climate Change, 2015
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Historical Trends in access and technology

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Using large scale data with SHSs
Large data sets can:
• predict micro trends through macro
analysis
• identify relationships between energy
profiles and other variables
• Provide a feedback loop for optimizing
future designs

9. 8Alstone , Gershenson and Kammen (2015) Off-grid Power and Connectivity,
Lighting Global Market Research Report
Solar potential vs location

10. 9Alstone , Gershenson and Kammen (2015) Off-grid Power and Connectivity,
Lighting Global Market Research Report
Pay as You Go (PAYG) Solar
PAYG accelerates access (~2-3x higher
uptake) by:
• Providing financing for customers
and supply chain players
• Improving trust in off-grid power
by spreading risk

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Off Grid Electric (OGE) collaboration
• OGE operates over 100,000 systems in Tanzania, Rwanda, Cote d’Ivoire
• Previous work with OGE’s solar home system hardware data
• Collaboration will generate insight into household energy usage patterns
and influencing factors and lead to better system design
offgrid-electric.com

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