| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 243733 | Applied Energy | 2012 | 8 Pages |
Nowadays, around 1.44 billion people have still no access to electricity, most of them living in rural areas in South and Southeast Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The major residential energy consumption in these regions is for cooking. This energy demand is covered by firewood, agricultural residues and/or animal dung, implying often exhausting work for the collection and causing deforestation. Solar thermal cooking systems have been developed and promoted, although their success has been limited. This paper follows another solar cooking approach by evaluating the option of combining an off-grid PV system (PV generator + battery) with very low demand electric cooking appliances. The PV-battery system to supply the load demand for the electric cooking appliances for communities of 50 persons has been calculated. Thereby, the five countries with the highest population without access to electricity have been taken into account: India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nigeria. The levelized energy cost is around 3 c€ per meal or less and the life cycle emissions of the PV-battery system (manufacturing, transport and decommissioning) are around 7 gCO2 per meal.
► Combining an off-grid PV system with low demand cooking appliances is assessed. ► The focus is on use in developing regions. ► A short review on PV and battery technologies is carried out. ► PV and battery technologies adaptable to the considered application are selected. ► Using HOGA, the application is assessed in terms of cost and CO2 emissions.
