nLine’s Blog

nLine’s Blog

Our team is motivated by a belief that better data on grid reliability is critical to support urban and community energy resilience in low- and middle-income countries. We care deeply about global energy justice and believe reliable, critical infrastructure is a fundamental human right.

This blog is a space to host our work, ideas and perspectives in the global effort to provide reliable access to electricity for all.

Figure 1. Visualizing grid topologies.

What Can Voltages Tell Us About the Structure of the Grid?

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From Measurements to KPIs: Estimating SAIDI at nLine

Mohini Bariya, Molly Hickman, Genevieve Flaspohler

Figure 1: DBSCAN in use.

A Clustering Algorithm for Power Outage Detection

Margaret Odero, Mohini Bariya

nLine’s power monitoring sensor plugged in at a household. (Photo credit: Daniel Essuah)

12 Months, 150 Villages and 600 Households: Insights from Newly Grid-Connected Villages in Kenya

Margaret Odero, Ale Wall

Sensor parts are sorted and ready for assembly.

Backstage Pass: GridWatch Sensors

Ale Wall, Marguerite Cauchois

Figure 1: With the field team at the REMIT Kenya offices in Busia just before we set off for field work.

Rekindling the Mission: My Sensor Deployment Shadowing Experience in Kenya

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Reflecting on My Experience Deploying Power Measurement Sensors at Health Clinics in Rwanda

Clare-Joyce Ngoran

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What’s Reliability Without Voltage Quality?

Susanna Berkower, Joshua Adkins, Eric Hsu, Noah Klugman, Adam Streff, Alexandra Wall

A screenshot of cumulative sensor installation locations in Kenya from June ’21 — January ’22. Note: sensor locations have been enlarged and obscured to protect the privacy of study participants.

Measuring Outages and Voltage Quality in Rural Kenya: Engineering Lessons Learned

Margaret Odero, Joshua Adkins

Field Officers deploying PowerWatch sensors in Accra, Ghana (Photo credit: Daniel Essuah).

Under the Hood: What We’re Up to at nLine

An area in Accra, Ghana where we are using PowerWatch to measure grid reliability.

Introduction to nLine