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PyPSA meets Africa: Developing an open source electricity network model of the African continent
- Source :
- AFRICON
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- IEEE, 2021.
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Abstract
- Electricity network modelling and grid simulations form a key enabling element for the integration of newer and cleaner technologies such as renewable energy generation and electric vehicles into the existing grid and energy system infrastructure. This paper reviews the models of the African electricity systems and highlights the gaps in the open model landscape. Using PyPSA (an open Power System Analysis package), the paper outlines the pathway to a fully open model and data to increase the transparency in the African electricity system planning. Optimisation and modelling can reveal viable pathways to a sustainable energy system, aiding strategic planning for upgrades and policy-making for accelerated integration of renewable energy generation and smart grid technologies such as battery storage in Africa.
- Subjects :
- Strategic planning
business.industry
Computer science
Systems and Control (eess.SY)
Environmental economics
Grid
Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Systems and Control
VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Informasjons- og kommunikasjonsvitenskap: 420
Data modeling
Renewable energy
Electric power system
Smart grid
VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Information and communication science: 420
Transparency (graphic)
FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Electricity
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- AFRICON
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....eece2c5049fd6d7457d14d549495ee51