Drivers of microgrid projects in developed and developing economies

Uchenna Godswill Onu, Antonio Carlos Zambroni de Souza and Benedito Donizeti Bonatto

Utilities Policy, 2023, vol. 80, issue C

Abstract: This paper studies microgrid projects in developed and developing economies. In developed economies, the interest in microgrids is driven by the objectives of energy security, resilience, and democracy and emissions reduction. In developing economies, the key driver is expanding energy access. First, an industrial hybrid resource grid-connected microgrid was simulated in a developed economy using HOMER software, with good results from increased renewable energy penetration. The economic impact of energy access in a cassava root-based rural community of a developing economy was assessed. The results show improved income for the community.

Keywords: Microgrids; Energy access; Poverty mitigation and economic sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2022.101487

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