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An Islanded Community Solar Microgrid with Capability of Future Fractal Growth

Authors:
Mark Apperley
Tama Toki

Keywords: community microgrid; fractal microgrid design

Abstract:
A design for a non-grid-connected (islanded) smart community microgrid is developed and elaborated. This focuses on a real community, and the design is developed in such a way as to take into account current energy demands, and future expansion (given that currently there is no formal electricity supply to the community), but also, since the community is located on an island with a number of neighbouring communities and industries, the design is developed to enable future fractal growth of the micro-grid. To meet these requirements, the development covers needs analysis, the micro- grid configuration, and the initial sizing of the various components. Configuration and sizing are then optimised for the initial microgrid, taking into account the particular community social infrastructure characteristics and dynamics.

Pages: 29 to 35

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2023

Publication date: March 13, 2023

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-412X

ISBN: 978-1-68558-054-4

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from March 13, 2023 to March 17, 2023