Compendium of projects on rural electrification and off-grid power supply

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE conducts research on the technology needed to supply energy efficiently and on an environmentally sound basis in industrialized, threshold and developing countries. To this purpose, the institute develops systems, components, materials and processes in the areas of thermal use of solar energy, photovoltaics, solar building, electric power supplies, micro-energy technology, chemical energy conversion, energy storage and rational use of energy. This compendium is a selection of reference projects throughout the past eight years (1993 -2001) focusing on these r&d activities. It also contains information on the institute's work on decentralized power generation within the grid as well as PV powered appliances.