When to go for microgrids? Analysis of the main drivers in energy access context
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Paper number
0363
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CIRED 2018 Ljubljana Workshop
Conference date
7 - 8 June 2018
Conference location
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Peer-reviewed
Yes
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Roig, Gauthier, Tractebel, Belgium
Leyder, Sebastien, Tractebel, Belgium
Yordanov, Stanislav, Tractebel, Belgium
Leyder, Sebastien, Tractebel, Belgium
Yordanov, Stanislav, Tractebel, Belgium
Abstract
Electricity access is currently limited in today’s developing countries. While efforts can be observed worldwide to move to a universal access, the question lies to determine what the best way is to ensure power supply to predefined localities: through connection to the existing grid, or via microgrids or smaller individual solutions like solar home systems or solar lanterns. Tractebel has developed a new GIS-based tool to make this arbitrage and determine the costs of electricity supply for each locality, i.e. for the end customers. The tool also designs Medium Voltage network expansions (from renewable energy sources as from existing grids) at the scale of a complete region while respecting load flow constraints. The proposed paper presents this new simulation tool aiming at identifying where microgrids make sense compared with grid expansion solutions, and how those microgrids must be designed geographically.
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Publisher
AIM
Date
2018-06-07
Permanent link to this record
https://www.cired-repository.org/handle/20.500.12455/1093
http://dx.doi.org/10.34890/92
http://dx.doi.org/10.34890/92
ISSN
2032-9628
ISBN
978-2-9602415-1-8