D3.4 Report on Business Plans and Models 

This deliverable summarizes the activities of Task 3.3 within Work Package 3 of the Smart Energy Solutions for Africa (SESA) project. The SESA project entails supporting demonstrations and validation sites across Kenya, Morocco, Ghana, Malawi and South Africa, and multiple replication sites.

Software tool for the assessment of Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) of PV systems

Levelized Cost Of Electricity (or Energy, known as LCOE, measured in €/kWh or USD/kWh) represents one of the key parameters used to make fair comparison of different technologies (e.g., renewable – wind, solar, ocean, etc. and conventional – natural gas, nuclear, coal, etc.), all of them showing different sizes, lifetimes, risks, capacities.  

Existing examples of smart microgrids 

Embark on a captivating journey into Smart Microgrids & Systems Integration, where each lesson unveils essential concepts shaping the future of energy resilience.

SESA Webinar VI Harnessing the potential of Smart Microgrid Systems

The energy poverty gap in sub-Saharan Africa affects approximately 597 million people, mainly rural households that are too remote from the main grid and are too costly to electrify by extending the main grid, thus posing a major challenge to the socio-economic development of these communities.