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This paper presents a project carried out in the Bolivian high plateau, under the auspices of the ICI, as a first step to analyze the convenience to use PVs for rural electrification purposes in this area. 190 individual families and a farm school have been electrified. A pilot assembling plant to manufacture ballasts and charge regulators has been set-up. The aptitude of the involved population is very good. Currently we are going to electrify 480 individual houses.
It is concluded that PVs is a mature technology to undertake the rural electrification of this area and represents the best economic alternative, without offering any technical or social problem.
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Aguilera, J., Lorenzo, E. (1991). PV Rural Electrification in the Bolivian High Plateau. In: Luque, A., Sala, G., Palz, W., Dos Santos, G., Helm, P. (eds) Tenth E.C. Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3622-8_334
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