As off-grid electrification receives global attention in the Sustainable Energy for All initiative, the role of regulation for this alternative form of electricity delivery requires a careful investigation. This paper asks whether the activity has to be regulated or not. It then tries to find...

Off-grid rural and remote area electrification through decentralized renewable hybrid mini-grids (HMG) has been prioritized in the recent national renewable energy policy of Bangladesh. Research was carried out to explore the actual customer willingness to pay (WTP) for the electricity to be...

Off-grid rural and remote area electrification through decentralized renewable hybrid mini-grids (HMG) has been prioritized in the recent national renewable energy policy of Bangladesh. Research was carried out to explore the actual customer willingness to pay (WTP) for the electricity to be...

This paper analyses the financial viability of rice husk based power generation in South Asia. It first presents the business models of Husk Power Systems (HPS) and Decentralised Energy Systems India (DESI), two enterprises that have successfully provided electricity access by generating power...

India's future electricity capacity needs would vastly increase if its recent strong economic performance continues. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the electricity capacity expansion needs, investment requirements and the challenges faced by the country in funding its power sector...

This paper analyzes the diversity of fuel mix for electricity generation in selected European countries and investigates how the fuel bill has changed as a share of GDP between 1995 and 2005. The drivers of fuel dependence related vulnerability are determined using Laspeyres index decomposition....