Evaluating Autonomous Systems with Hybrid Generation Facilities in support of Fishing Villages

The availability of affordable and reliable energy is one of the most crucial requirements for economic development and modernization of developing countries. This is particularly important in Africa. With a population of 13.4% of the world and a land area of 15%, Africa has only 2% of the world´s industrial capacity. Its per capita income is only 15% of the world average and only consumes 3% of world energy. Today, less than 15% of Africa´s population has access to electricity and where much of the available supply is unreliable. In addition to regional cooperation and integration through energy pooling and cross-border energy trading, a balanced distributed generation strategy through modified microgrids has been proposed in the previous discussion. This paper serves as continuation of a distributed microgrid application specific to small towns and villages fishing processing potential. This development will serve as primary building blocks for future system expansion. Issues regarding the potential resources for hybrid distributed generation and reliability of power supply are addressed.