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	While this handbook intends to display the required knowledge for systems sizing and demand forecast, mini-grid projects are very site specific. ''The authors of this handbook therefore do not accept any liability for commercial or investment decisions taken on the grounds of the knowledge presented within. It is recommended to always conduct a proper due diligence and closely collaborate with an expert to configure mini-grid systems appropriately''.<br/>		While this handbook intends to display the required knowledge for systems sizing and demand forecast, mini-grid projects are very site specific. ''The authors of this handbook therefore do not accept any liability for commercial or investment decisions taken on the grounds of the knowledge presented within. It is recommended to always conduct a proper due diligence and closely collaborate with an expert to configure mini-grid systems appropriately''.<br/>
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	*World Bank (2016): Current Activities and Challenges to Scaling up Mini-Grids in Kenya. Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). World Bank, Washington, DC.		*World Bank (2016): Current Activities and Challenges to Scaling up Mini-Grids in Kenya. Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). World Bank, Washington, DC.

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	*World Bank (2016): Current Activities and Challenges to Scaling up Mini-Grids in Kenya. Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). World Bank, Washington, DC.		*World Bank (2016): Current Activities and Challenges to Scaling up Mini-Grids in Kenya. Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). World Bank, Washington, DC.

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 While this handbook intends to display the required knowledge for systems&nbsp;sizing and demand forecast, mini-grid projects are very site specific. ''The&nbsp;authors of this handbook therefore do not accept any liability for commercial or investment decisions taken on the grounds of the knowledge presented&nbsp;within. It is recommended to always conduct a proper due diligence and closely&nbsp;collaborate with an expert to configure mini-grid systems appropriately''.<br/>
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 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;2.1. Initial project assessment 22<br/>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;2.2. Assessment of present electricity demand 23<br/>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;2.3. Effective electricity demand and its calculations 28<br/>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;2.4. Forecasting effective demand 32<br/>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;2.5. System sizing and design 36<br/>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3. Tools for system sizing 43<br/><span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span>3.1 Overview of existing tools for system sizing 43<br/><span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span>3.2. Description of mini-grid builder 45<br/><span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span>3.3. Description of HOMER Energy 46<br/><span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span>4. Conclusion 50<br/>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 5. Annex 51<br/><span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span>5.1. Required information for load assessment and&nbsp;system sizing 53<br/><span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span>5.2. Mini-grid builder 54<br/>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Bibliography 66<br/>
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 *World Bank (2016): Current Activities and Challenges to Scaling up Mini-Grids in&nbsp;Kenya. Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). World Bank,&nbsp;Washington, DC.&nbsp;
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-== Further information ==
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 <span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This guidebook has been developed as part of a series of handbooks on mini-grids. You can check out the other ones in the following webpages:</span><br/>
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 *GIZ - ProSolar.&nbsp;[[:File:GIZ2014-en-where-shall-we-put-it-kenya.pdf|Where shall we put it]]? Solar mini-grid site selection handbook. June 2014.
 *ProSolar 2016 factsheets:&nbsp;[[:File:2016 GIZ ProSolar brief Leading the way to rural electrification.pdf|ProSolar]]&nbsp;project,&nbsp;[[:File:Mini-Grids RBF Brochure.pdf|Mini-Grids Result Based Funding]]&nbsp;(RBF) project.

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 *GIZ - ProSolar. [[Mini Grid Licensing|How do we license it]]?&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Lessons learned from the application for a&nbsp;power generation and distribution permit&nbsp;for the Talek Power Solar Mini-Grid Project. July 2015.</span>
 *GIZ - ProSolar.&nbsp;[[:File:GIZ2014-en-where-shall-we-put-it-kenya.pdf|Where shall we put it]]? Solar mini-grid site selection handbook. June 2014.
-*ProSolar 2016 factsheets:&nbsp;[[:File:2016_GIZ_ProSolar_brief_Leading_the_way_to_rural_electrification.pdf|ProSolar]]&nbsp;project,&nbsp;Mini-Grids&nbsp;[[:File:Mini-Grids_RBF_Brochure.pdf|Mini-Grids Result Based Funding]]&nbsp;(RBF) project.
+*ProSolar 2016 factsheets:&nbsp;[[:File:2016 GIZ ProSolar brief Leading the way to rural electrification.pdf|ProSolar]]&nbsp;project,&nbsp;[[:File:Mini-Grids RBF Brochure.pdf|Mini-Grids Result Based Funding]]&nbsp;(RBF) project.
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 == Overview ==
-[[File:Mini-Grid Sizing Guidebook.pdf|thumb|right|200px|Mini-Grid Sizing Guidebook.pdf]] [[:File:Mini-Grid_Sizing_Guidebook.pdf|This handbook]] has been developed as part of a series of handbooks on minigrids.&nbsp;After the publication of handbooks on site selection (“[[:File:GIZ2014-en-where-shall-we-put-it-kenya.pdf|Where shall we put it]]?”) and licensing (“[[Mini_Grid_Licensing|How do we license it]]?”) this '''handbook on load assessment and mini-grid system sizing''' is the third publication in the series. While the first&nbsp;two handbooks focused on the Kenyan context, this handbook is applicable to&nbsp;all the various geographical contexts where mini-grids can be implemented.&nbsp;Practical knowledge has been drawn from the authors’ experience in mini-grid&nbsp;implementation in sub-Saharan Africa.
+[[File:Mini-Grid Sizing Guidebook.pdf|thumb|right|200px|Mini-Grid Sizing Guidebook.pdf]] [[:File:Mini-Grid Sizing Guidebook.pdf|This handbook]] has been developed as part of a series of handbooks on minigrids.&nbsp;After the publication of handbooks on site selection (“[[:File:GIZ2014-en-where-shall-we-put-it-kenya.pdf|Where shall we put it]]?”) and licensing (“[[Mini Grid Licensing|How do we license it]]?”) this '''handbook on load assessment and mini-grid system sizing''' is the third publication in the series. While the first&nbsp;two handbooks focused on the Kenyan context, this handbook is applicable to&nbsp;all the various geographical contexts where mini-grids can be implemented.&nbsp;Practical knowledge has been drawn from the authors’ experience in mini-grid&nbsp;implementation in sub-Saharan Africa.
-Most of the content of this handbook has general validity for load assessment&nbsp;and system sizing. However, the methodology for the actual sizing (Chapter 2)&nbsp;is based on the approach of the [[Mini-grid_Builder|mini-grid builder]], an online tool developed by&nbsp;GIZ ProSolar in 2015, based on the experiences made with load assessment and&nbsp;system sizing of a pilot solar-hybrid mini-grid in Talek, Narok County (Kenya).&nbsp;It should be noted that this is just one viable approach for system sizing, some&nbsp;others being mentioned in Chapter 3.&nbsp;<br/>
+Most of the content of this handbook has general validity for load assessment&nbsp;and system sizing. However, the methodology for the actual sizing (Chapter 2)&nbsp;is based on the approach of the [[Mini-grid Builder|mini-grid builder]], an online tool developed by&nbsp;GIZ [https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/25332.html ProSolar] in 2015, based on the experiences made with load assessment and&nbsp;system sizing of a pilot solar-hybrid mini-grid in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkuOWcgH_0I Talek], Narok County (Kenya).&nbsp;It should be noted that this is just one viable approach for system sizing, some&nbsp;others being mentioned in Chapter 3.&nbsp;<br/>
 Adequate load assessment and demand forecast, as well as subsequent system&nbsp;sizing, is essential for the appropriate design of mini-grids. The economic&nbsp;viability of mini-grid projects depends on the size of the installed assets — and&nbsp;thus the investments — which need to be backed by a payable demand in the&nbsp;years after commissioning. A wrongly configured system (too small or too large)&nbsp;will either not serve its purpose or not recover the costs required to set it up.&nbsp;We thus deem it highly important to discuss demand assessment and mini-grid&nbsp;sizing in this handbook.&nbsp;<br/>

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 == Overview ==
-[[File:Mini-Grid Sizing Guidebook.pdf|thumb|right|250px|Mini-Grid Sizing Guidebook.pdf]] [[:File:Mini-Grid_Sizing_Guidebook.pdf|This handbook]] has been developed as part of a series of handbooks on minigrids.&nbsp;After the publication of handbooks on site selection (“[[:File:GIZ2014-en-where-shall-we-put-it-kenya.pdf|Where shall we put it]]?”) and licensing (“[[Mini_Grid_Licensing|How do we license it]]?”) this '''handbook on load assessment and mini-grid system sizing''' is the third publication in the series. While the first&nbsp;two handbooks focused on the Kenyan context, this handbook is applicable to&nbsp;all the various geographical contexts where mini-grids can be implemented.&nbsp;Practical knowledge has been drawn from the authors’ experience in mini-grid&nbsp;implementation in sub-Saharan Africa.
+[[File:Mini-Grid Sizing Guidebook.pdf|thumb|right|200px|Mini-Grid Sizing Guidebook.pdf]] [[:File:Mini-Grid_Sizing_Guidebook.pdf|This handbook]] has been developed as part of a series of handbooks on minigrids.&nbsp;After the publication of handbooks on site selection (“[[:File:GIZ2014-en-where-shall-we-put-it-kenya.pdf|Where shall we put it]]?”) and licensing (“[[Mini_Grid_Licensing|How do we license it]]?”) this '''handbook on load assessment and mini-grid system sizing''' is the third publication in the series. While the first&nbsp;two handbooks focused on the Kenyan context, this handbook is applicable to&nbsp;all the various geographical contexts where mini-grids can be implemented.&nbsp;Practical knowledge has been drawn from the authors’ experience in mini-grid&nbsp;implementation in sub-Saharan Africa.
 Most of the content of this handbook has general validity for load assessment&nbsp;and system sizing. However, the methodology for the actual sizing (Chapter 2)&nbsp;is based on the approach of the [[Mini-grid_Builder|mini-grid builder]], an online tool developed by&nbsp;GIZ ProSolar in 2015, based on the experiences made with load assessment and&nbsp;system sizing of a pilot solar-hybrid mini-grid in Talek, Narok County (Kenya).&nbsp;It should be noted that this is just one viable approach for system sizing, some&nbsp;others being mentioned in Chapter 3.&nbsp;<br/>
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