The
InterDev Decentralised Electricity Supplies group focuses in priority
on collecting and placing on line operational information appropriate
for different practitioners in this field. Organisation of information
into two wide themes makes it possible to meet the needs expressed
by professionals in the sector.
Electricity Supplies in Rural Zones Electricity
Supplies in Periurban Zones
Electricity
Supplies in Rural Zones.
In many developing countries, the electrification rate is between
5 and less than 50%. The main difficulties that arise cover the following
points:
How can one pertinently identify the demands and needs of users?
What technologies are available for use?
What type of organisation should be implemented?
How should one go about ensuring the technical and economic
management of facilities?
What tarif system should be set up? What type of payment should
be offered? How can one ensure the sustainability of the facilities?
What institutional organisation should be set up for rural decentralised
electricity supplies?
Electricity Supplies in Periurban Zones.
Technical problems occasionally arise in periurban zones (accessibility
of interconnected networks) but most of the time the problems to be
solved pertain to the organisation of and payment for energy supplies-something
the large electric companies do not know how to accomplish well with
disadvantaged populations. The main problems to be solved present
themselves in terms of intermediation between electric companies (whether
commercial or public) and their clients. On this aspect, the problems
encountered are the same as for rural electricity supplies.
Electricity Supplies in Rural Zones