Advantages And Disadvantages Of Micro-Grids

of rural India still lives in areas with limited electrification and lots of power cuts.

The implications of this conclusion are positive for the electrification of Haiti. If this minigrid system is successful, it will provide great opportunities for improvements in standard of living. The viability of this minigrid system also demonstrates that alternative energy may be effective in Haiti and other similar countries. These countries should consider implementing minigrids or other renewable energy sources,

Without a doubling of Americas capacity to feed and house itself somewhere where there’s electricity, there is no way to see everyone through such a period. And no one is even trying, except for handfuls of survivalists/preppers. They are individually preparing for a Mad Max sort of post-apocalypse era, where bullets matter as much as dried food.

electricity access (including off-grid electrification) to houses in rural area such as long-houses in the remote areas of Sabah and Sarawak, villages of indigenous

Energy is vital for not only economic development but also health. In the developing countries, governments should make efforts on decreasing energy poverty that have negative impacts on economic improvement and public health. The number of people who currently uses modern energy should rise as the developing world governments take actions to reduce social costs and to increase social benefits by gradually spreading modern energy to their people in rural

In order to promote energy supply and economic development, which is the core of this paper, the author argued that the idea behind the project was not to tap the energy from the sun to electrify these remote communities. Rather, it was geared towards installing small solar panels that were not much bigger than an iPad to power the basic appliances (light bulbs, cell phone, and other basic necessities that can alter people’s lives) in those homes (2015). This demonstrates the economic as well as the energy efficiency side of this study, which I believe Hallett will accept. The author also argues that going small better fits the budget of rural Tanzanians and the money saved from buying kerosene and other oil to lighten their homes were used for other things. This concept is known as pay-as-you-go. This concept was far cheaper and affordable than what the government of Tanzania and some big energy companies were offering, the author claimed (2005).

However, although Generation’s research includes climate change as major theme, other themes such as poverty/real needs and human capital are also imperative issues when looking at investment possibilities, and as coal is “an inevitable power source for the country”, an ethically ‘green’ company such as Generation could support future investments in building cleaner, more sustainable coal plants. Additionally, ABB India “offers turnkey systems and services for transmission and distributions for power grid and power plants” (Exhibit 8). These are implemented by the company to focus on energy efficiency and improve performance showing a clear positive approach in enabling a less wasteful grid system. As India is heavily dependent on coal, with forecasts portraying that is it the largest CO2 emitting country after the U.S and China, dedication to reduce CO2 levels is likely to be a slow process. Also as increased international competition from other multinational companies is

One such developing country where renewable and non-renewable energy is vastly used is in India. According to Total Renewable Energy Installed Capacity (31 Nov 2015) , the highest used source in India is Wind power which produces approximately 24,795 MW and the second is Solar power which produces approximately 4,684 MW. The capacity of thermal

Abstract: Historically, the participation of women of Bangladesh in energy sector is negligible. The gender analysis shows that “energy poverty” is a gender biased poverty because poor women suffers much for electricity and modern energy services. In rural area, people depend on inherent traditional energy sources like wood, straw, kerosene and cow –dung for cooking and indoor lightening which are very inefficient and unhealthy especially for women and children remaining at home who are frequently exposed to air pollution due to this. Now it is a new challenge to replace these unhealthy energy sources with environment friendly energy sources. The objective of this paper is to co-relate the gender equality and clean source of energy i.e. renewable energy. This paper concludes that though there is no pure technological solution achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment, in the light of the social context of rural Bangladesh where women are discriminated can have full access to clean energy source and modern technology which will

Hybrid Energy system (HRES) combines two or more renewable energy sources used together to provide increased system efficiency as well as greater balance in energy supply. It becomes popular to remote area for power generation due to advances in renewable energy technologies and subsequent rise in prices of petroleum products. Hybrid energy system is an excellent solution for electrification of remote rural areas where the grid extension is difficult and not economical. [29] Such system incorporates a combination of one or several renewable energy sources such as solar photovoltaic, wind energy, micro-hydro and may be conventional generators for backup. Hybrid energy system has found much wider dimension than individual stand-alone renewable/conventional systems for rural remote electrification. It is a known fact that the application of hybrid energy system based rural remote area electrification will offer a quick, economic and reliable answer to the rural household‘s need for power, especially, for those of light duty appliances. However, the planning of rural remote area electrification is not always easy and a proper mix can be arrived at only after a careful technical, economic, and socio-economic study of the region involved. In order to evaluate techno-economics of any hybrid energy system configuration, it is necessary to develop a proper model for optimization and simulation. A range of hybrid configurations are possible, however, the choice must suit the

Regarding intensification of electrified villages, the overall performance did not appear satisfactory at 53% achievement. In any case, terrific advance has been accounted for from six states, Andhra Pradesh (98%), Gujarat (97%), Assam (93%), West Bengal (90%), Tamil Nadu (89%) and Bihar (85%). Poor advance was seen in Haryana (8%), Rajasthan (27%), Odisha (34%), Karnataka (38%), and HP (29%).

Power a basic human need is the critical infrastructure on which modern economic activity is fully dependent. Only 55% households in India have access to Electricity. Most of those who have access do not get uninterrupted reliable supply. In this era of globalization, it is essential that electricity of good qualities is provided at reasonable rates for economic activity so that competitiveness increases, which is essential for higher GDP growth per annum, employment generation and poverty alleviation.

Major Problem Areas: In terms of renewable energy, India is blessed by mother nature with near to unlimited potential for harnessing energy through various sources of renewable energy as we have learnt from the previous sections of the paper.

Uttar Pradesh State in India has been a severe victim of electricity shortages for several years . Data from the Central Electricity Authority indicates that by May 2015, Uttar Pradesh’s power availability was around 11.6% less than maximum demand, compared to India’s power shortage of 2.3%. Uttar Pradesh’s shortages happen because its sub-stations are not built to quality, and its transformers are overburdened, leading to power cuts and unscheduled outages. The situation is aggravated by unmetered electricity consumers and widespread power theft in the state, creating constant headaches for the state’s power utility, Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL).

This study is important because it will guide the Government in future for making decision on expanding rural electrification program in areas without electricity and it will also encourage private participation in coming up with Mini Electrical Energy generation in rural areas like mini hydro, wind and Solar. It will also serve as a reference for ensuring that the Government has proper documentation on this area so that these positive impacts of rural electrification will be clearly supported by proper documentation and hence this will help the Government to secure more funding from Donors to further rural electrification programs It is believed that the availability and reliability of information from this study