Survey based characterisation of energy services for improved design and operation of standalone microgrids

Bhupendra Shakya, Anna Bruce and Iain MacGill

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019, vol. 101, issue C, 493-503

Abstract: Microgrids for rural electrification are expected to play a key role in achieving global energy access goals. However, the high cost of stand-alone microgrids intended to serve generally poor communities remains a key barrier to their deployment, while design and operation is challenging, given generally low diversity of loads and generators, and often high penetrations of variable renewable generation.

Keywords: Energy access; Energy service; Microgrid; Energy service characterisation; Demand side management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2018.11.016

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