Sustainable Energy Solutions for Remote Areas in the Tropics

This book covers multifaceted aspects of sustainable energy solutions for remote areas in the tropics, particularly focusing on Southeast Asia. With insights from both the academic world and real-life implementation, readers will gain an overview of the range of energy problems currently facing the remote tropics, and what potential solutions are available.

The book provides a detailed overview of various energy needs in the Southeast Asian tropics, a region where a significant portion of the population still lives without access to electricity. It not only addresses technical solutions to the energy problems but also tackles the social and wider implications, offering readers a more holistic understanding of the potential held by renewable energy.

The chapters are structured to present first an overview of the problem at hand, and then a description of the technologies that could potentially solve it. Applications of the technologies; business models that are nowavailable or being developed; the impact of the technologies; and future, more sustainable solutions are all discussed.

Given its in-depth analysis, the book will be of interest to energy professionals in the tropics, energy policymakers, and students studying sustainable energy.

• Renewable Energy Technology
• Sustainable Energy and Development
• Energy Access
• Energy Poverty
• Off-grid Energy Systems
• Community Development
• Solar energy and photovoltaics
• Solar pumping

• Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

  Oktoviano Gandhi

• Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

  Dipti Srinivasan

Oktoviano Gandhi has worked extensively in the field of solar energy, both at the research and application level. In particular, he has worked ‘on the ground’ with non-governmental organizations and government officials to electrify rural areas across Southeast Asia using renewable energy technologies.

Professor Dipti Srinivasan has a long and distinguished career in the fields of renewable energy and power systems. In addition to her appointment as full and adjunct Professor at the National University of Singapore and the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore, respectively, she also has substantial industry experience in the fields of microgrid operation and control, and in promoting renewable energy adoption in Southeast Asia. Given her experience, Professor Srinivasan has both an excellent grasp of ‘the big picture’ and concrete expertise concerning the development of renewable energy in the region and the problems that it entails.

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