Moreno, AlejandroBareisaite, Asta2015-01-282015-01-282015-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21360Although the payment models offered by off-grid energy companies are less flexible than those implemented with great success by mobile telephone companies, they may still have an important role to play in scaling up off-grid energy services for billions of people who lack access to electricity. More research is needed to assess the importance of flexible payments in attracting reliable low-income customers.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCESS TO MODERN ENERGYAPPROACHBANDWIDTHBATTERIESBOTTOM LINEBRIQUETTESBUSINESS MODELBUSINESS MODELSCASH FLOWCASH FLOWSCHARCOALCOALCOLORCOMPETITIVENESSCOOKINGCOVERSCUSTOMER BASECUSTOMER SERVICEDIFFUSIONELECTRICITYELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRICITY UTILITYELECTRIFICATIONEMISSIONSEND USERENERGY ACCESSENERGY COMPANIESENERGY CONSUMPTIONENERGY DATAENERGY DEMANDENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY INDUSTRYENERGY INTENSITYENERGY MIXENERGY OUTLOOKENERGY PRODUCTSENERGY PROVIDERSENERGY SECTORENERGY SERVICEENERGY SERVICE PROVIDERSENERGY SERVICESENERGY SOLUTIONSENERGY SOURCESENERGY SYSTEMSENERGY USEEQUIPMENTFINAL ENERGY CONSUMPTIONFIXED COSTSFLEXIBILITYFOREST RESIDUESFUELFUELSGASEOUS FUELSGENERATIONGRIDGRID COMPANIESGRID ELECTRICITYGRID ELECTRICITY SERVICEGRID SOLUTIONSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEATINGHEATING FUELSHOUSEHOLD CUSTOMERSHYDROPOWERINFORMATION POLICYINSTALLATIONKEROSENEKNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENTLIGHTINGLIGNITELIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASMARKETINGMECHANICSMOBILE PHONEMOBILE PHONESMOBILE TELEPHONEMOBILE TELEPHONESMOBILE TELEPHONYMODERN WORLDMOMENTUMNETWORKSPDFPELLETSPETROLEUMPETROLEUM GASPIPELINEPOWERPOWER LINESPOWER SUPPLYPOWER SYSTEMPRIMARY ENERGYPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENTPURCHASING POWERRADIOREAL-TIME DATARELIABILITYRENEWABLE ENERGYRENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCESRESULTRESULTSSERVICE PROVIDERSSOLAR HOME SYSTEMSOLAR HOME SYSTEMSSOLAR LANTERNSSOLAR PANELSOLAR PANELSSOLAR POWERSOLAR SYSTEMSOLAR SYSTEMSSOLID FUELSSUSTAINABLE ENERGYTARGETSTECHNICAL KNOWLEDGETECHNICAL MEASURESTRADITIONAL BIOMASSTRANSMISSIONUNIVERSAL ACCESSUSERUSERSUSESUTILITY MODELWORLD ENERGYWORLD ENERGY OUTLOOKBrief10.1596/21360