Feasibility studies of deploying solar hydro mini/micro grids for 24/7 electricity in remote off-grid communities in South Asia

在南亚偏远离网社区部署太阳能水力迷你/微电网提供 24/7 电力的可行性研究

• 批准号: 10018443
• 金额: $ 2.66万
• 依托单位: SEMWAVES LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10018443
• 关键词: Feasibility; studies; deploying; solar; hydro

In this project, we will conduct a feasibility study on deploying our patented all-weather solar-hydro microgrid to provide clean, affordable and secure electricity to remote off-grid communities in south Asia i.e., Nepal, Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and Bhutan. Our system wraps multiple benefits in one package: alleviating energy poverty, empowering local industry, and improving quality of life such as clean drinking water and local internet services.Throughout South Asia a large number of people living in remote, isolated villages remain unelectrified. Most rely on low quality fuels such as kerosene, candles, cowdung and firewood. Attempts have been made to distribute solar home systems (SHS) to individual households, but there have been challenges. The monsoon heavily impacts solar panels energy generation, and villagers are left to pickup pieces when systems breakdown after few years the distributors long since having moved on. Grid extension, often promised and rarely delivered, is too expensive to justify even were it to arrive, load shedding (blackout) is common.Our solar-hydro microgrid enable delivering grid quality electricity at affordable price for decades. In a business model developed in response to years of research into successful rural energy projects, local entrepreneurs will form the backbone of our operation. All members of the community will be offered connection to our microgrid at affordable prices. Business owners will be able to refrigerate food and medicine, operate power equipment, and keep shops open late-night. Even the poorest family will afford lighting, their children can read and family can enjoy television. Locals will be trained on the day-to-day operations of the plant and SEMWaves will continue to provide O&M support indefinitely. It is cheaper compare to SHS, Kerosene and traditional mini-grid. The system does not use batteries as energy storage thus 100% green, can operate tens of year without any major replacements and deliver grid nature (AC) electricity to the off-grid communities.Bangladesh and Nepal are ideal candidates for our solution. Both countries have around 1 in 10 rural people living without electricity (World Bank) and ~5% in extreme poverty (ADB). And yet, both countries are also blessed with enormous renewable energy potential: Bangladesh is incredibly well suited to solar power, and Nepal has some of the greatest hydropower potential of any country. Both governments are pursuing aggressive rural electrification strategies that are contingent on renewable energy, and we intend to make our product a part of this stage in history.

在该项目中，我们将开展一项可行性研究，部署我们获得专利的全天候太阳能水力微电网，为南亚地区的偏远离网社区（即尼泊尔、孟加拉国）（吉大港山区 (CHT)）提供清洁、负担得起且安全的电力我们的系统将多种好处合二为一：缓解能源贫困、增强当地工业实力以及改善生活质量，例如清洁饮用水和当地互联网服务。整个南亚有大量人口生活在其中。在偏远、偏僻的村庄，大多数人依靠煤油、蜡烛、牛粪和木柴等劣质燃料，已尝试向各个家庭分配太阳能家庭系统（SHS），但季风带来了严重影响。太阳能电池板发电，几年后系统崩溃时，村民们只能收拾残局，而分销商早已开始承诺但很少交付电网，但即使这样做，成本也太高，无法证明其合理性。到达后，减载（停电）很常见。我们的太阳能水力微电网能够在几十年内以实惠的价格提供电网质量的电力。在根据多年对成功农村能源项目的研究而开发的商业模式中，当地企业家将成为我们运营的支柱。社区的所有成员都将以实惠的价格连接到我们的微电网。企业主将能够冷藏食品和药品、操作电力设备以及让商店在深夜营业。即使是最贫穷的家庭也能买得起照明，他们的孩子可以读书，家人可以看电视。当地人将接受有关工厂日常运营的培训，SEMWaves 将继续无限期地提供运营和维护支持。与 SHS、煤油和传统迷你电网相比，它更便宜。该系统不使用电池作为储能，因此 100% 绿色，无需任何重大更换即可运行数十年，并向离网社区提供电网自然 (AC) 电力。孟加拉国和尼泊尔是我们解决方案的理想候选者。这两个国家都有大约十分之一的农村人口没有电（世界银行），约 5% 的农村人口生活在极端贫困中（亚洲开发银行）。然而，这两个国家还拥有巨大的可再生能源潜力：孟加拉国非常适合太阳能发电，而尼泊尔则拥有所有国家中最大的水力发电潜力。两国政府都在推行积极的农村电气化战略，这些战略取决于可再生能源，我们打算让我们的产品成为这一历史阶段的一部分。