Efficient System Design and Sustainable Finance for China's Village Electrification Program

摘要

This paper describes a joint effort of theInstitute for Electrical Engineering of theChinese Academy of Sciences (IEE), and theUS National Renewable Energy Laboratory(NREL) to support China's ruralelectrification program. This projectdeveloped a design tool that providesguidelines both for off-grid renewable energysystem designs and for cost-based tariff andfinance schemes to support them.Thistoolwasdeveloped to capitalize on lessons learnedfrom theTownshipElectrification Programthat preceded the Village Electrification Program. Wedescribe the methods used to develop the analysis, someindicative results, and the planned use of the tool in theVillage Electrification Program.