Journal article
Planning of off-grid power supply systems in remote areas using multi-criteria decision analysis
Energy, Vol.201, Art. 117580
2020
Abstract
Providing electricity access in remote and rural areas across the world has always been economically and technically challenging. Prioritising energy sources to electrify a remote community is the most complicated step. A combination of multiple resources is always preferable as no single alternative is absolute. The incorporation of economic, technical and environmental aspects in the strategic decision-making makes the process complicated for standalone off-grid power supply system planning. This study proposes a novel method using an Analytical Hierarchy Approach-based multi-criteria decision analysis along with system optimisation to obtain universal priority criteria and the best system configuration among a few alternatives. The novelty of the approach lies in the structured deliberation and the analysis to formulate a planning approach for the off-grid power supply system using a combination of experts’ assessment and system optimisation study. The method is applied to a remote Australian community. The analysis result identifies the most preferred standalone off-grid power supply system options for a remote rural area, which in this Australian case, is the Diesel-PV-Battery system.
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- Title
- Planning of off-grid power supply systems in remote areas using multi-criteria decision analysis
- Authors/Creators
- T. Jamal (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityT. Urmee (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityGM. Shafiullah (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- Energy, Vol.201, Art. 117580
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd.
- Identifiers
- 991005544674907891
- Copyright
- © 2020 Elsevier Ltd.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Engineering and Energy
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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