Energy Supply Systems Predicting Model for the Integration of Long-Term Energy Planning Variables with Sustainable Livelihoods Approach in Remote Communities

Carlos Pereyra-Mariñez (), José Andrickson-Mora, Victor Samuel Ocaña-Guevera, Félix Santos García and Alexander Vallejo Diaz
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Carlos Pereyra-Mariñez: Área de Ciencias Básicas, Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), Santo Domingo 10602, Dominican Republic
José Andrickson-Mora: Instituto Especializado de Estudios Superiores Loyola (IEESL), San Cristóbal 91000, Dominican Republic
Victor Samuel Ocaña-Guevera: Área de Ciencias Básicas, Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), Santo Domingo 10602, Dominican Republic
Félix Santos García: Área de Ciencias Básicas, Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), Santo Domingo 10602, Dominican Republic
Alexander Vallejo Diaz: Área de Ciencias Básicas, Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), Santo Domingo 10602, Dominican Republic

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 7, 1-17

Abstract: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations Organization pursue the provision of affordable and quality energy for all human beings, which is why the correct planning of Energy Supply Systems (ESS) in communities that present levels of energy poverty, that is, the impossibility to satisfy their minimum needs for energy services. This work proposes a methodology to evaluate the contribution to development by the adequate provision of the demand of ESS in remote communities through the approach of Sustainable Livelihoods (SLs). The methodology starts from the initial evaluation of the sustainable livelihoods or capitals of the communities and the analysis of their interaction. Then, a capital improvement process is proposed by selecting the indicator values that optimize the model in each period, through an evolutionary algorithm that guarantees that the indicators evolve to a rich scenario as a result of planning to evolve the key variables based on a quantitative model with the indicators that empower evaluating the contribution of the ESS to them.

Keywords: sustainable livelihoods; energy management; renewable energy; energy systems optimization; evolutionary algorithm (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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