Sustainable Energy System Planning in Developing Countries

Facilitating Load Profile Generation in Energy System Simulations

authored by: Maria C.G. Hart, Sarah Eckhoff, Michael H. Breitner
Abstract: Successful energy system planning is dependent on detailed electricity demand information. Especially in developing countries, pre-generated load profiles are often unsuitable as appliance ownership and usage vary significantly across borders, between urban and rural areas, and on household and industry levels. Synthesizing load profiles is often hindered by the inaccessibility of tools due to cost barriers, global unavailability, or required technical knowledge. As currently, no easily accessible and usable tool is available during energy system planning in rural areas of developing countries, we incorporate the open-source load profile generator RAMP into our web-based energy system simulator NESSI4D^web+ to provide an intuitive user interface. We conduct an applicability check with self-collected data from a guesthouse in Sri Lanka, analyzing the impact of load distribution and magnitude on the economic, environmental, and reliable energy supply, that validates the artifact's relevance and ability to empower local decision-makers.
Organisation(s): Institute of Computer Science for Business Administration
Type: Conference contribution
Pages: 771-780
No. of pages: 10
Publication date: 03.01.2023
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: General Engineering
Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
Electronic version(s): https://hdl.handle.net/10125/102726 (Access: Open)