Survey based characterisation of energy services for improved design and operation of standalone microgrids

摘要: Abstract Microgrids for rural electrification are expected to play a key role in achieving global energy access goals. However, the high cost of stand-alone microgrids intended serve generally poor communities remains barrier their deployment, while design and operation is challenging, given low diversity loads generators, often penetrations variable renewable generation. Current practices providing electricity still focus on supply side with an emphasis ensuring reliability, affordability security meet user demand. This misses some opportunities demand-side reliable service delivery. In particular, may place very different relative values various services, there be considerable flexibility terms when these services delivered; due inherent storage end-use equipment, or willingness shift itself. paper presents novel characterisation framework based consumer prioritisation. Detailed survey data from 154 households across five microgrid sites Nepal used test this framework, assess potential insights that it can provide designers operators seeking reduce costs improve reliability serving communities. The represent technology contexts, yet all would appear have management trade-off prioritise according preferences.