Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5001538 | The Electricity Journal | 2017 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
This paper presents the past and current practices for rural electrification and the current trend in using off-grid microgrids to provide energy to the customers with no access to the central electricity network. The challenges correspond to the capacity expansion of off-grid microgrids including the financial and business models for establishing these technologies, the economic and reliability considerations, the environmental issues, the expansion and feasibility studies, and the uncertainties in the operation horizon were presented.
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Authors
Mohammad E. Khodayar,