Sustainable Electricity Generation in Developing Countries: Case Study in a Sub-Saharan Rural Community

With the current global trend of decarbonization and electrification, several countries launch their campaign of ecological transition. Electricity generation sector still represent the main sources of CO2 emission, and several countries still afford only on fossil fuels. Developing countries represent a significant percentage of them. In addition, the access to electricity to many communities, especially in rural areas, still represent a major issue for the development of these countries. The implementation of a micro-grid powered by renewables, highly available in these areas can represent the key to overcome the barrier of electricity access. Based on these considerations, this work wants to simulate the possibility to provide clean electricity, generated by a PV plant, to a small community, composed by 500 families, in the rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa. The case study also highlights the possibility to supply easily the load in an economical sustainable way, generating electricity at an affordable price, in order to make more accessible electricity also to the poorest communities.