Supplementary material for the publication: J.D. Nixon, K. Bhargava and E. Gaura, Community-based solar energy interventions: lessons from two Rwandan refugee camps, 2020

The dataset deposited here was prepared under the EPSRC-funded Humanitarian Engineering and Energy for Displacement research project (EP/P029531/1). The project aimed to understand energy needs of displaced communities, create an evidence base on the usage of different energy interventions and provide recommendations for improved design of future energy interventions to better meet the needs of people. As part of the project, we deployed a Standalone Solar System for a Community Hall in Nyabiheke camp, Rwanda, and a PV-battery Microgrid in Kigeme camp, Rwanda. The microgrid supplies power to a playground and two nursery buildings. It powers a total of 20 CPE (each with 3 LEDs) and 10 sockets. The standalone system at Hall powers 7 CPE (with 3 LEDs each) and 4 sockets. The aim of the study was to (a) understand the energy consumption behaviour, light usage and other enabled uses within the set location in each camp (b) create an evidence base on the value of energy and its benefits in displaced contexts (c) identify best practice in the construction, control and operation of the respective systems as a shared energy resource. The system data used for the performance analysis for this study (July 2019 and March 2020) is deposited here along with the metadata. The results from analysis are presented in a paper titled '<strong>Performance analysis of standalone solar systems in refugee camps in Rwanda</strong>' (currently under submission). The scripts for analysis can be found at our Github account Cogent Labs under HEED-Microgrid and HEED-Hall repositories.本数据集由受英国工程与物理科学研究理事会（Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, EPSRC）资助的“流离失所者人道主义工程与能源”（Humanitarian Engineering and Energy for Displacement）研究项目（项目编号EP/P029531/1）筹备制作。该项目旨在探明流离失所群体的能源需求，建立不同能源干预措施应用情况的实证基础，并为优化未来能源干预方案的设计提供建议，以更好地满足民众需求。作为本项目的一部分，我们分别在卢旺达尼亚比赫克难民营（Nyabiheke camp）的社区大厅部署了一套独立太阳能系统（Standalone Solar System），并在卢旺达基盖梅难民营（Kigeme camp）部署了一套光伏储能微电网（PV-battery Microgrid）。该微电网为一处操场与两座托育建筑供电，总计为20台客户前置设备（Customer Premises Equipment, CPE，每台配备3个LED灯）与10个电源插座供电。社区大厅的独立太阳能系统则为7台客户前置设备（每台配备3个LED灯）与4个电源插座供电。本研究的目标为：(a) 探明各难民营指定点位内的能源消耗行为、灯光使用情况与其他可用功能；(b) 建立流离失所场景下能源价值及其益处的实证基础；(c) 确定作为共享能源资源的各类系统在建设、管控与运维方面的最佳实践。本研究用于性能分析的系统数据（采集时段为2019年7月与2020年3月）与元数据已随本数据集一并存储于此。本研究的分析结果已撰写为《卢旺达难民营独立太阳能系统性能分析》（<strong>Performance analysis of standalone solar systems in refugee camps in Rwanda</strong>）一文，目前处于投稿阶段。本研究的分析脚本可在我们的GitHub账号Cogent Labs的HEED-Microgrid与HEED-Hall代码仓库中获取。