Network Cost Estimation for Mini-Grids in Large-Scale Rural Electrification Planning

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 shoul...

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Autores principales:	Pedro Ciller, Sara Lumbreras, Andrés González-García
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	energy access rural electrification geospatial planning mini-grid network design linear regression Technology T
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:44463490db27455bbc7ddc25cee721962021-11-11T16:05:39ZNetwork Cost Estimation for Mini-Grids in Large-Scale Rural Electrification Planning10.3390/en142173821996-1073https://doaj.org/article/44463490db27455bbc7ddc25cee721962021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/21/7382https://doaj.org/toc/1996-1073Universal 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.Pedro CillerSara LumbrerasAndrés González-GarcíaMDPI AGarticleenergy accessrural electrificationgeospatial planningmini-gridnetwork designlinear regressionTechnologyTENEnergies, Vol 14, Iss 7382, p 7382 (2021)
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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.
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author	Pedro Ciller Sara Lumbreras Andrés González-García
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title	Network Cost Estimation for Mini-Grids in Large-Scale Rural Electrification Planning
title_short	Network Cost Estimation for Mini-Grids in Large-Scale Rural Electrification Planning
title_full	Network Cost Estimation for Mini-Grids in Large-Scale Rural Electrification Planning
title_fullStr	Network Cost Estimation for Mini-Grids in Large-Scale Rural Electrification Planning
title_full_unstemmed	Network Cost Estimation for Mini-Grids in Large-Scale Rural Electrification Planning
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Network Cost Estimation for Mini-Grids in Large-Scale Rural Electrification Planning

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