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Sergio Balderrama

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Surrogate models for rural energy planning

Application to Bolivian lowlands isolated communities

Thanks to their modularity and their capacity to adapt to different contexts, hybrid microgrids are a promising solution to decrease greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. To properly assess their impact in different settings at country or cross-country level, microgrids must be ...

For decades, electrification planning in the developing world has often focused on extending the national grid to increase electricity access. This article draws attention to the potential complementary role of decentralized alternatives – primarily micro-grids – to address unive ...

Long-term sizing of rural microgrids

Accounting for load evolution through multi-step investment plan and stochastic optimization

Hybrid microgrids represent a cost-effective and viable option to ensure access to energy in rural areas located far from the main grid. Nonetheless, the sizing of rural microgrids is complicated by the lack of models capable of accounting for the evolution of the energy deman ...

With pressing priorities in the development agenda, policy makers in developing countries are in the difficult situation of prioritizing policy actions. Limited government and utility budgets need cost effective solutions to bring the desired development benefits of electrific ...

Robust sizing of rural micro-grids is hindered by uncertainty associated with the expected load demand and its potential evolution over time. This study couples a stochastic load generation model with a two-stage stochastic micro-grid sizing model to take into account multiple pr ...
Efforts towards ensuring clean and affordable electricity for all have been progressing slowly in rural, off grid areas of developing countries. In this context, hybrid microgrids may offer reliable and potentially clean electricity for isolated locations. Nevertheless, the proce ...
Countries around the world are preparing to give the last leap to accomplish a 100 % of rural energy access. Nonetheless, country-wide electrification planning requires the analysis of hundreds of un-electrified villages with different social, economical and geographical backgrou ...
Energy access projects in remote off-grid areas would benefit from the adoption of a multi-energy system perspective, addressing all energy needs – not only lighting and power appliances, but also water-heating and cooking – by means of a mix of energy vectors. However, multi-ene ...