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Sustainable renewable energy resources utilization in rural areas

This paper aims to address the issues related to renewable energy (RE) resources optimization in the areas where providing power from main grid is challenging. A region having ten different sub-regions has been considered for the optimization based on transportation algorithm. The partitions are mad...

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Main Authors: Woldeyohannes, A.D., Woldemichael, D.E., Baheta, A.T.
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Published: Elsevier Ltd 2016
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spelling my.utp.eprints.305772022-03-25T07:11:35Z Sustainable renewable energy resources utilization in rural areas Woldeyohannes, A.D. Woldemichael, D.E. Baheta, A.T. This paper aims to address the issues related to renewable energy (RE) resources optimization in the areas where providing power from main grid is challenging. A region having ten different sub-regions has been considered for the optimization based on transportation algorithm. The partitions are made based on customer segmentation to ensure that various scattered demand for the RE is represented at the best location to enhance energy optimization by minimizing the energy loss during transmission. Three cases, i.e., when the demand and supply are equal, when there is more demand than supply, and when the supply is greater than demand are considered for the analysis. For the first case, the total energy requirement and the energy potential available from the regions is 1.26 GW h/year. For this scenario, most of the regions (seven regions) received the energy requirements from single RE source; three regions received the required energy from two different RE sources. The annual optimized total cost of energy supply for this scenario is determined to be 187,961.68. Results obtained from the transportation model have been validated based on other RE studies in the area. For the similar case study considered, it is noted that the minimized total cost obtained using transportation algorithm depicts an improvement in cost over integrated renewable energy system (IRES) models. The developed optimization model could be used as a decision making support tool to evaluate and select various alternative renewable energy resources and to determine the optimal locations for developing these resources. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd 2016 Article NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84979655981&doi=10.1016%2fj.rser.2016.07.013&partnerID=40&md5=3da7be11e36f6682439539004ac7fcdb Woldeyohannes, A.D. and Woldemichael, D.E. and Baheta, A.T. (2016) Sustainable renewable energy resources utilization in rural areas. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 66 . pp. 1-9. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/30577/
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description This paper aims to address the issues related to renewable energy (RE) resources optimization in the areas where providing power from main grid is challenging. A region having ten different sub-regions has been considered for the optimization based on transportation algorithm. The partitions are made based on customer segmentation to ensure that various scattered demand for the RE is represented at the best location to enhance energy optimization by minimizing the energy loss during transmission. Three cases, i.e., when the demand and supply are equal, when there is more demand than supply, and when the supply is greater than demand are considered for the analysis. For the first case, the total energy requirement and the energy potential available from the regions is 1.26 GW h/year. For this scenario, most of the regions (seven regions) received the energy requirements from single RE source; three regions received the required energy from two different RE sources. The annual optimized total cost of energy supply for this scenario is determined to be 187,961.68. Results obtained from the transportation model have been validated based on other RE studies in the area. For the similar case study considered, it is noted that the minimized total cost obtained using transportation algorithm depicts an improvement in cost over integrated renewable energy system (IRES) models. The developed optimization model could be used as a decision making support tool to evaluate and select various alternative renewable energy resources and to determine the optimal locations for developing these resources. © 2016
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author Woldeyohannes, A.D.
Woldemichael, D.E.
Baheta, A.T.
spellingShingle Woldeyohannes, A.D.
Woldemichael, D.E.
Baheta, A.T.
Sustainable renewable energy resources utilization in rural areas
author_facet Woldeyohannes, A.D.
Woldemichael, D.E.
Baheta, A.T.
author_sort Woldeyohannes, A.D.
title Sustainable renewable energy resources utilization in rural areas
title_short Sustainable renewable energy resources utilization in rural areas
title_full Sustainable renewable energy resources utilization in rural areas
title_fullStr Sustainable renewable energy resources utilization in rural areas
title_full_unstemmed Sustainable renewable energy resources utilization in rural areas
title_sort sustainable renewable energy resources utilization in rural areas
publisher Elsevier Ltd
publishDate 2016
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