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Photovoltaic Pumping Systems for Domestic Sustainable Water Access in Off-Grid Areas

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This chapter discusses the technical aspects of photovoltaic water pumping systems (PVWPS) and of the book methodology. A review of previous work on PVWPS is carried out and the standard architecture, components and operation of PVWPS are examined. The need for a systematic delivery strategy to better manage the PVWPS deployment process is described; the sequential three-stage approach developed here follows. Finally, a general overview of Gogma, a rural village located in a remote off-grid area in Burkina Faso in Sub-Saharan Africa and a community typical of those where access to electricity and clean drinking water is inadequate, is provided.

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  1. Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Judith Alazraque Cherni

  2. Université Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec, CNRS, GeePs, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    Simon Meunier & Loïc Quéval

  3. Sorbonne Université, CNRS, GeePs, Paris, France

    Simon Meunier & Loïc Quéval

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Cherni, J.A., Meunier, S., Quéval, L. (2024). Photovoltaic Water Pumping Systems. In: Photovoltaic Pumping Systems for Domestic Sustainable Water Access in Off-Grid Areas. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50791-5_2

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