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• October 12, 2017Vimal Mahendru
Chair, SyC LVDC
LVDC Workshop
Sao Paolo, Brazil
May 10, 2019
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New York, 1887http://io9.gizmodo.com/photos-from-the-days-when-thousands-of-cables-crowded-t-1629961917
Seattle, Washington, 1952http://io9.gizmodo.com/photos-from-the-days-when-thousands-of-cables-crowded-t-1629961917
All the things we and run on Direct Current
World Bank Multitier Framework for Energy Access
(https://www.esmap.org/node/55526)
Photo adapted from https://www.esmap.org/node/55526
多梯度电力普及应用
UNDP estimates this to be
biggest demand outside of
electricity for rural homes,
is healthcare
Picture courtesy UNDP
Picture courtesy IndiaGoSolar.in
Why Now?
Devices: LED lighting, IT and
multimedia, consumer appliances
Sources:PV
Panels, Energy storage
Electricity Access
Cost down
Energy efficiency up
Cost down
UN SDGs and
regulations creating a
market
• Electricity is integral to development,
• Electricity has to be sustainable,
affordable and abundant,
• Cost of solar PV based generation and
battery storage is coming down, making a
good business case for DC Microgrids,
• Since Solar PV, storage and ‘smart
devices’ all require direct current, LVDC is
becoming a ‘hot topic’
IEC LVDC Zone (www.iec.ch/LVDC)
includes content from past conferences
downloads area (brochures, mnemonic, public content)
Open Forum - LVDC
IEC LVDC LinkedIn Group
The LVDC Technology Paper: LVDC: electricity for the 21st century
LVDC Videos
TEDx Talk on LVDC https://goo.gl/HjXTuN
UN SDG7 Video https://goo.gl/s6VEvz
