Unique ID: WB29
Division: | EEX |
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Issue Date: | February 13th 2019 |
Last modified: | February 22nd 2019 |
Tracking Light from the Sky Version 2.0 or Monitoring Rural Electrification from Space
Tracking Light from the Sky Version 2.0 or Monitoring Rural Electrification from Space
SDG: 07 - Affordable & Clean Energy17 - Partnerships for the Goals
We propose a novel data-intensive strategy to improve the monitoring of electricity service provision to rural areas in India and across the developing world. We collect and analyze a unique historical archive of nighttime satellite imagery to track the supply and stability of electricity service at the local level spanning nearly 8,000 nights since 1993. Drawing upon this massive dataset and using computationally-intensive methods, our project is developing the ability to identify regional instability in power supply, increases in the frequency or incidence of power cuts, and other signatures that indicate problems with electrical service delivery, particularly in rural and remote regions where traditional monitoring is difficult.
Project Sources
Type Of Institution: | international organization |
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Region: | South Asia |
Country Area: | India |
Id Country Regional: | country |
SDG Indicators
SDG Comments: | 7.1, 7b, 17.18, 17.19 |
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SDG: | 07 - Affordable & Clean Energy17 - Partnerships for the Goals |
Other
Income Level: | Lower-middle-income |
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Iso: | IN |
Timeframe To Produce Indicator: | NA |