Transcript U.S. Support for Village Power - APEC

U.S. Support for Village Power
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Research for renewable energy technologies
Resource assessment
Development of technologies
System implementation and projects
Renewable energy applications: productive
uses, telecom, micro-enterprise
• Hybrid systems (PV/wind/diesel)
Village Power Support
Activities
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R&D
Resource assessment
Deployment
Training
System design
Outreach
Research and Development
Research to develop technologies: technology
is necessary, but not sufficient
• - PV
- wind
- hybrid
- battery
- biomass
Resource Assessment
• Resource assessment and GIS analysis tools
to develop projects: knowledge of renewable
energy resources is critical to project success
• -solar
-wind
-hydro
-biomass
• http://rredc.nrel.gov/
System Analysis
• Computer modeling and system analysis:
performance, resource availability, loads, and
cost effectiveness can aid project design
• HOMER (Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric
Renewables) - model that helps design electric power
systems
• Hybrid2 - tool to conduct long-term performance and
economic analysis on hybrid power systems
• ViPOR (Village Power Optimization Model for
Renewables) - optimization model for designing
village electrification systems
• http://www.nrel.gov/villagepower/model.html
Sustainability Issues
• Village power sustainability issues: RE
provides a service to users and has potential
to improve quality of life
• - O&M
- productive uses
- health clinics
- schools
- micro-enterprise (access to markets)
- community centers
- telecom, access to information
Outreach
• Outreach: networking and training
opportunities support village power projects
• Village Power conferences (1994, 1997, 1998
2000)
• Village Power database and newsletter
http://www.nrel.gov/villagepower
• WEATS
• GVEP
Domestic Applications
• Tribal Energy Program
– Financial and technical assistance for feasibility
studies
– Shares cost of implementing sustainable energy
installations on tribal lands.
– www.eren.doe.gov/tribalenergy
• Wales, Alaska - high penetration wind-diesel hybrid
demonstration project in rural Alaska. 130 kW
wind/365 kW diesel. Prototype to validate the
technical feasibility and economic viability of winddiesel hybrid electric generation systems for
widespread applicability to rural villages
International Applications
• Asia
• Africa
• South America
• www.nrel.gov/international
Example: Integrated Strategies to
Support
VP
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China
• Analyses
– Inner Mongolia case studies - technical and economic
performance of household and village power systems
– Rural household energy surveys in Xinjiang, Qinghai and Inner
Mongolia and analysis of least-cost systems options
 Resource Assessment
- Biomass assessments and resource database, conversion
technologies, technical and economic assessment, and
market strategies and policies
 Training – at NREL, in China
 SDPC Brightness Program/Township program
- SDPC grant for 17 MW PV and wind village power systems
- Training certification program, hybrids systems training,
productive uses and micro-enterprise training