Generation of Synthetic Electrical Load Profiles for Rural Communities in Developing Countries - Applied in Fiji

Abstract

Abstract. The electricity supply of developing countries undergoes massive changes. Due to the high dependency on fossil fuel imports, a lot of developing nations support the implementation of renewable generation schemes. To install an economical generation setup the generation capacity, as well as the consumption has to be balanced. Due to the often weak electricity infrastructure like the non-availability of a grid connection the systems have to operate most likely in the standalone mode. Therefore, it is important to predict the consumption patterns of the supplied society. A program to create easily synthesized load profiles for a target community, by collecting simple information about the connected consumers and operation times, is proposed to help within the design process of a power system.

A Flywheel Energy Storage System in a Microgrid for Powering Small Villages in Remote Islands in the South Pacific

“…In considering a typical small Pacific island village with about 10 households, the power installed is realistically assumed to be 0.5 kW per household consisting with a peak power consumption of 5 kW and an average power demand of 2.5 kW/day. The total energy demand, for a 24hr period is approximately 60 kWh/day [15].…”