A New Toolkit for Energy Planning for Isolated Microgrids
Rural areas in various locations are facing electricity shortages and are compelled to heavily rely on non-renewable and ecologically harmful fossil fuels as their primary source of energy. To address this issue, microgrids were proposed as a solution to provide energy to these areas. An IEEE workin...
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| author | Juan-Fernando Polanco Alexis Esparza Jaspreet Singh Mario Gonzalez-Rodriguez Jean-Michel Clairand Robert Nutter Peter Dauenhauer |
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| description | Rural areas in various locations are facing electricity shortages and are compelled to heavily rely on non-renewable and ecologically harmful fossil fuels as their primary source of energy. To address this issue, microgrids were proposed as a solution to provide energy to these areas. An IEEE working group, the SESDC Working Group, was established to investigate the feasibility of implementing isolated microgrids as solutions in these communities. However, it has been identified that a proper software tool for microgrid planning is needed to accurately analyze the optimal microgrid configuration. Thus, a user-friendly and secure web-based system for microgrid planning was proposed. This tool was developed using the Django web development framework and Python programming language. It was then validated with users to ensure that the data entered is calculated correctly and produced the expected results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f4fd9ae9e9bc407b892546f8181e59052023-09-08T23:01:30ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362023-01-0111938159382710.1109/ACCESS.2023.330454610214581A New Toolkit for Energy Planning for Isolated MicrogridsJuan-Fernando Polanco0Alexis Esparza1Jaspreet Singh2Mario Gonzalez-Rodriguez3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0204-5662Jean-Michel Clairand4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6448-4401Robert Nutter5Peter Dauenhauer6Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, EcuadorFacultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, EcuadorRPS Consulting, London, U.KFacultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, EcuadorFacultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, EcuadorCommunity Housing Partners, Christiansburg, VA, USASnohomish PUD, Everett, WA, USARural areas in various locations are facing electricity shortages and are compelled to heavily rely on non-renewable and ecologically harmful fossil fuels as their primary source of energy. To address this issue, microgrids were proposed as a solution to provide energy to these areas. An IEEE working group, the SESDC Working Group, was established to investigate the feasibility of implementing isolated microgrids as solutions in these communities. However, it has been identified that a proper software tool for microgrid planning is needed to accurately analyze the optimal microgrid configuration. Thus, a user-friendly and secure web-based system for microgrid planning was proposed. This tool was developed using the Django web development framework and Python programming language. It was then validated with users to ensure that the data entered is calculated correctly and produced the expected results.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10214581/Django web development frameworkeconomic toolkitenergy accessmicrogrid planningmodel-view-controllerprefeasibility analysis |
| spellingShingle | Juan-Fernando Polanco Alexis Esparza Jaspreet Singh Mario Gonzalez-Rodriguez Jean-Michel Clairand Robert Nutter Peter Dauenhauer A New Toolkit for Energy Planning for Isolated Microgrids IEEE Access Django web development framework economic toolkit energy access microgrid planning model-view-controller prefeasibility analysis |
| title | A New Toolkit for Energy Planning for Isolated Microgrids |
| title_full | A New Toolkit for Energy Planning for Isolated Microgrids |
| title_fullStr | A New Toolkit for Energy Planning for Isolated Microgrids |
| title_full_unstemmed | A New Toolkit for Energy Planning for Isolated Microgrids |
| title_short | A New Toolkit for Energy Planning for Isolated Microgrids |
| title_sort | new toolkit for energy planning for isolated microgrids |
| topic | Django web development framework economic toolkit energy access microgrid planning model-view-controller prefeasibility analysis |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10214581/ |
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