1. A MILP model to design hybrid wind–photovoltaic isolated rural electrification projects in developing countries
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Alberto García-Villoria, Laia Ferrer-Martí, B. Domenech, Rafael Pastor, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Mecànica, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut d'Organització i Control de Sistemes Industrials, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Organització d'Empreses, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. EOLI - Enginyeria d'Organització i Logística Industrial
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Mathematical optimization ,Information Systems and Management ,General Computer Science ,Computer science ,Case study ,Management Science and Operations Research ,Renewable energy sources ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,Electrification ,Mixed integer linear programming ,OR in developing countries ,Rural electrification ,Consumption (economics) ,business.industry ,Electrificació rural ,Photovoltaic system ,Renewable energy ,Wind-photovoltaic system ,Modeling and Simulation ,Energies::Energia eòlica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] ,Energies::Recursos energètics renovables [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] ,Electricity ,Energies renovables ,business ,Energy (signal processing) - Abstract
Electrification systems based on the use of renewable energy sources are a suitable option for providing electricity to isolated communities autonomously. Wind and hybrid wind–photovoltaic (PV) systems are increasingly getting attention. To electrify scattered communities, designs that combine individual systems and microgrids have recently proven advantageous. In this paper we present a mathematical programming model to optimize the design of hybrid wind–PV systems that solves the location of the wind–PV generators and the design of the microgrids, taking into account the demand of the consumption points and the energy potential. The criterion is the minimization of the initial investment cost required to meet the demand. The proposed hybrid model is tested with realistic size instances and results show the instances are efficiently solved. Moreover, the model is applied to real case studies in Peru; obtained results verify that the hybrid model efficiently finds solutions that significantly reduce cost.
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- 2013
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