@inproceedings{9177abb8489a4be7bf5b4597a743081b,
title = "Contextual Challenges in Using DERs to Advance Remote Electrification",
abstract = "This paper describes some non-technical challenges of utilizing Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) to achieve electrification in remote rural regions that fall outside the reach of the conventional utility grid. These non-technical challenges stem partly from the inability to utilize economies of scale, but are also related to place-based contexts of the communities that these systems are designed to serve. This paper provides some insights from a case study of DER usage for electrification in the Navajo Nation (NN) and the challenges that are involved. It describes through this illustrative case study why technology solutions and long-term policy initiatives and support - explicitly crafted using knowledge of place and people - are necessary to advance electrification goals in rural and under-served communities.",
author = "Abhiroop Chattopadhyay and Witmer, {Ann Perry} and Sauer, {Peter W}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 IEEE Computer Society. All rights reserved.; 55th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2022 ; Conference date: 03-01-2022 Through 07-01-2022",
year = "2022",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
pages = "3418--3426",
editor = "Bui, {Tung X.}",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 55th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2022",
}