Sustainable microgrids for isolated systems

This paper presents design and planning methods for the development of renewable energy microgrids in remote systems using the sustainability philosophy as guiding framework. The development of microgrids brings a new paradigm in energy consumption of end-users, thus it is required to build a strong social agreement among a microgrid´s stakeholders. Consequences and possible scenarios for stakeholder engagement are discussed. A multi-objective evolutionary optimization algorithm is proposed to balance the diverse and often conflicting technical, economical, environmental and social goals related to energy sustainability.