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Network Cost Estimation for Mini-Grids in Large-Scale Rural Electrification Planning
| Content Provider | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Author | Andr, és González-García Ciller, Pedro Lumbreras, Sara |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Universal access to electricity is a crucial challenge in many developing countries. Establishing the electrification agenda of an underserved region is a complicated task where computer models play a critical role in calculating geospatial plans that efficiently allocate resources. Such plans should include—among other things—reasonable estimations of the designs and economic costs of standalone systems, mini-grids, and grid extensions. This implies that computer models need to estimate the network cost for many potential mini-grids. To that end, most planning tools apply quick rules of thumb or geometric methods that ignore power flows and electric constraints, which play a significant role in network designs. This paper presents a methodology that rapidly estimates any low-voltage mini-grid network cost without neglecting the impact of electrical feasibility in such cost. We present a case study where we evaluate our method in terms of accuracy and computation time. We also compare our method with a quick estimation similar to the ones most regional planning tools apply, showing the effectiveness of our method. |
| Starting Page | 7382 |
| e-ISSN | 19961073 |
| DOI | 10.3390/en14217382 |
| Journal | Energies |
| Issue Number | 21 |
| Volume Number | 14 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-11-05 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Energies Information and Library Science Energy Access Rural Electrification Geospatial Planning Mini-grid Network Design Linear Regression Hierarchical Regression |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
