Title page for E-project-031607-160102

Project Type IQP

Submission date 2007-03-16

Author
Gabriel Photeos Baldwin

URN E-project-031607-160102

Division Energy and Resources

Center Bangkok, Thailand

Title Solar Home System Sustainability in Rural Thailand

Advisors
Tuler, Seth, ID
Addison, W A Bland, HU

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
The goal of this project was to develop a strategy for improving the sustainability of solar home systems in rural Thailand. Heretofore, there has been no long term maintenance plan and many are failing. Communications, attitudes of users and organizations, and funding sources and requirements were researched through interviews with users, government officials, private companies, and experts. We have proposed both short and long term recommendations and developed a prototype web application to improve the overall lifetime of these systems.

Files
IN_MQP_Solar_Sustainability.pdf

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Project Type	IQP
Submission date	2007-03-16
Author	Gabriel Photeos Baldwin
URN	E-project-031607-160102
Division	Energy and Resources
Center	Bangkok, Thailand
Title	Solar Home System Sustainability in Rural Thailand
Advisors	Tuler, Seth, ID Addison, W A Bland, HU
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The goal of this project was to develop a strategy for improving the sustainability of solar home systems in rural Thailand. Heretofore, there has been no long term maintenance plan and many are failing. Communications, attitudes of users and organizations, and funding sources and requirements were researched through interviews with users, government officials, private companies, and experts. We have proposed both short and long term recommendations and developed a prototype web application to improve the overall lifetime of these systems.
Files	IN_MQP_Solar_Sustainability.pdf