Title :
Case study of microgrid for electrification and its benefits in rural Nepal
Author :
Saurav M S Basnet;Haneen Aburub;Ward Jewell;Amir Poudel
Author_Institution :
Center for Energy Studies, Wichita State Univ., Wichita, Kansas, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes a microgrid for electrification of an isolated rural village in Nepal. Photovoltaic and various storage systems were modeled to find the optimal design. The economic and environmental impacts are also studied.
Keywords :
"Microgrids","Education","Pediatrics","Irrigation","Economics","Sociology","Statistics"
Conference_Titel :
Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2015 IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/GHTC.2015.7343951