Microgrids project, Part 2: Design of an electrification kit with high content of renewable energy sources in Senegal

Alzola, J.A.; Vechiu, Ionel; Camblong, Haritza; Santos, Maria João; Sall, Mamoudou Ibrahima; Sow, Gallo

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2009.01.013

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“…In order, though, to use reliable economic inputs, a literature survey was done related to previous case studies [16] , [35], [36], [42] , [44], [52], [53] and [54], general research in the internet about the cost of diesel fuel and equipment in Kenya, transportation, maintenance and operation costs. As a comparative measure for the validity of the relative values, the findings of the writer's supervisor's research on the topic were used.…”

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confidence: 99%

Modeling and simulation of an autonomous hybrid power system

Gkiala-Fikari

Sigarchian

Chamorro

2017

2017 52nd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC)

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Modeling and simulation of an autonomous hybrid power system

Gkiala-Fikari

Sigarchian

Chamorro

2017

2017 52nd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC)

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“…The growth in renewable energy sources has improved global access to electricity (Alzola et al, 2009;Ulsrud et al, 2011). This is more evident in developing countries where issues around electric power generation is epileptic.…”

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confidence: 99%

Selection of a mini-grid business model for developing countries using CRITIC-TOPSIS with interval type-2 fuzzy sets

Ighravwe¹,

Babatunde²

2018

10.5267/j.dsl

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The growth in renewable energy study has resulted in the expansion of mini-grids projects across different communities in developing countries. However, there is a need to ensure that a suitable business model is selected during the provision of mini-grid services in developing countries. This study presents a framework for ranking mini-grid business models. The proposed framework is a multi-criteria multi-decision (MCMD) making tool. The framework combines Criteria Importance Through Inter-criteria Correlation (CRITIC), TOPSIS (Technique for Order Performance by Similarity to Ideal Solution) and WASPAS (weighted aggregated sum product assessment) methods. An interval type-2 fuzzy sets (IT2FSs) is used to convert the responses from decision-makers into crisp values. The applicability of the proposed framework was tested using Nigeria as a case study. Four potential mini-grid (private, government, community-based and public-private) business models for the case study were ranked using twelve criteria. The average values for the subjective and objective weight methods showed that electricity traffic and energy demand were the least and the most important criteria, respectively, for selecting a mini-grid business model. The results obtained showed that the best mini-grid model was a private model using a TOPSIS framework. A WASPAS framework ranked the community-based business model as the best model. This study results showed mini-grid business models in developing countries should be either private or community-based business models..

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“…Echegaray (2014) highlights the importance of understanding the views of consumers and institutions in promoting renewable energies, whereas Cherni and Preston (2007) consider the role of public and private sectors in ensuring rural electricity in developing countries. Creating economic linkages is important for sustainability of these projects because these are located in rural areas where people have low disposable incomes and hence their willingness to pay for electricity remains questionable (Palit et al, 2011;Kumar et al, 2009;Shrank, 2008;Kirubi et al 2009;Alzola et al, 2009). However, no existing study has so far specified the link of these projects in terms of creation of marketing linkages and development of value chains.…”

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