The Sustainability Dilemma of Solar Photovoltaic Mini-grids for Rural Electrification

Suryani, Amalia; Dolle, Patrick

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“…Most of the failures were in the battery and inverter, which were caused by various reasons, e.g., incorrect sizing, improper operation environment, and unclear maintenance procedures. These are relevant to the findings in other locations reported in [9,10,[21][22][23][24] regarding the lack of practical and technical knowledge and the lack of O&M standards. This condition shows that not only the scaling of microgrids, but also ensuring its sustainability, is challenging.…”

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“…In this paper, the framework on scaling and sustainability challenges originating from the institutional, social, technical, economic, environmental, policy dimensions adapted from [21,24], as listed in Table 3, is used to identify and classify relevant scaling challenges of remote microgrids in Indonesia. This approach was used as the base framework and further improved with additional literature [10,17,22,23,25]. Based on the discussions with PLN and survey reports made by PT Syntek and NZMATES as investigation partners of PLN MMU, scaling and sustainability potential challenges in Table 3 are relevant for the cases in MMU.…”

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Remote Microgrids for Energy Access in Indonesia—Part I: Scaling and Sustainability Challenges and A Technology Outlook

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Although Indonesia’s electrification ratio reached 99.2% in 2020, it has shown stagnating electrification since 2018. This is because most of the remaining areas that need to be electrified are remote and have unique characteristics that hamper implementation of microgrids for providing energy access. Furthermore, not only the deployment but also the long-term sustainability of microgrids is crucial for ensuring continuity of energy access. This paper aims to investigate the scaling and sustainability challenges of remote microgrid development in Indonesia by analyzing microgrids in the Maluku and North Maluku provinces. This study is a two-part publication; the first part focuses on identifying challenges in Indonesia’s remote microgrid development, while the second part focuses on potential technology solutions. In the first part, an assessment of energy access within a multi-tier framework was conducted, which was then analyzed using a multi-dimensional (institutional, social, technical, economic, environmental, and policy) approach adapted from the literature. The framework was expanded by mapping the challenges onto specific phases of the microgrid development, which is intended to be helpful for the parties involved in specific phases. It is shown that the challenges related to unclear land status, lack of social engagement, preliminary survey, technical and practical knowledge, and O&M procedures—especially for remote microgrids with renewable energy sources—are the most prominent issues. Additionally, issues caused by electrical events and environmental conditions such as relatively humid and high-temperatures, and uncontrolled vegetation, rodents, insects, and lizards are often found. Furthermore, a high-level technological outlook to address some of these issues is presented.

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Remote Microgrids for Energy Access in Indonesia—Part I: Scaling and Sustainability Challenges and A Technology Outlook

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“…However, based on the above conclusion, a comprehensive PV energy communities' policy is not yet fully determined and used, the authors of the scientific articles have developed guidelines and main directions for these policies. In [19], local PV mini-grids implementation guidelines are described stating, for example, that PV mini-grids have to be implemented where main grid connections are not available and rural communities should be involved from the planning phase to the end of the project. Reference [20] states that the Weberian administrative model, which was used for the development of an isolated PV system in Cameroon, was not working properly, and authors offered policy related suggestions which would motivate the establishment of such a system in developing countries, specifically, decentralisation of the institutional structure for policy administration and encouraging interaction among stakeholders and competent authorities.…”

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PV Energy Communities—Challenges and Barriers from a Consumer Perspective: A Literature Review

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Renewable energy sources, in particular those based on solar radiation, are growing rapidly and are planned to play an instrumental role in building power systems to reach the 2030 and 2050 energy and climate mitigation objectives. However, new actors have been introduced into the energy field, highlighting the importance of the role of citizens and communities in building such energy systems. To outline the significance of citizens in the development of solar energy communities and to describe the benefits of and barriers to their implementation so far, a comprehensive literature review has been carried out based on 64 thoroughly selected, reliable scientific publications (published within 2015–2021), revealing the latest trends, technologies and research in this field. The research focuses on four consumer interest areas: policy, economic, technical and social, covering the following subsections: policy, trading model, economic assessment, business model, energy management, demand response, modelling tools and consumer adoption. Within each subsection the conducted review seeks to answer the questions related to the further development and implementation of PV energy communities, considering consumer needs and revealing the possible solutions.

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Interoperability in Microgrids to Improve Energy Access: A Systematic Review

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The Sustainability Dilemma of Solar Photovoltaic Mini-grids for Rural Electrification

Cited by 4 publications

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Remote Microgrids for Energy Access in Indonesia—Part I: Scaling and Sustainability Challenges and A Technology Outlook

Remote Microgrids for Energy Access in Indonesia—Part I: Scaling and Sustainability Challenges and A Technology Outlook

PV Energy Communities—Challenges and Barriers from a Consumer Perspective: A Literature Review

Interoperability in Microgrids to Improve Energy Access: A Systematic Review

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