Rural Energy Planning for The Indian Himalaya

1987 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Effective Diffusion ◽  
Energy Planning ◽  
Rural Energy ◽  
Indian Himalaya ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Comprehensive Collection ◽  
The Status ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Mountain Development ◽  
Energy Issues

This book is perhaps the first effort to focus on energy issues in the Indian Himalayas. Though a lot has been written on the ecological consequences (of energy-related activities), these energy issues by themselves have not received sufficient attention. The papers in this volume have been selected from those commissioned by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, and the Tata Energy Research Institute as a part of their collaborative programme on rural energy planning. As it was found that critical gaps exist in knowledge and experience in the area of effective diffusion of energy technologies for promoting Himalayan development, it was felt that a collection of papers on the existing states-of-the-art would be a useful first step before embarking on practical interventions. There are papers that have focussed on technologies, planning issues and economic welfare aspects relevant to development in all the different regions of the Himalayas. Some authors have focussed instead on the regions and have looked at the status of the three subject areas (technologies, planning and welfare) as they pertain to their regions. The major value of this book is that in addition to a clear articulation of problems, issues and possible solutions, it represents a comprehensive collection of information existing for this region. The authors have also brought out the gaps that exist currently and have established priorities for further research and direction for programmes to promote sustainable development of energy resources and their use in the Himalayan region.

scholarly journals Surrogate models for rural energy planning: Application to Bolivian lowlands isolated communities

Energy ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 121108
Author(s):  
Sergio Balderrama ◽  
Francesco Lombardi ◽  
Nicolo Stevanato ◽  
Gabriela Peña ◽  
Emanuela Colombo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surrogate Models ◽  
Energy Planning ◽  
Rural Energy ◽  
Isolated Communities ◽  
Bolivian Lowlands

scholarly journals Long-Term Electricity Scenarios for the MENA Region: Assessing the Preferences of Local Stakeholders Using Multi-Criteria Analyses

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 3046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ole Zelt ◽  
Christine Krüger ◽  
Marina Blohm ◽  
Sönke Bohm ◽  
Shahrazad Far
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Planning ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Policy Goals ◽  
Local Stakeholders ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
Electricity Mix ◽  
Hierarchy Process

In recent years, most countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), including Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia, have rolled out national policies with the goal of decarbonising their economies. Energy policy goals in these countries have been characterised by expanding the deployment of renewable energy technologies in the electricity mix in the medium term (i.e., until 2030). This tacitly signals a transformation of socio-technical systems by 2030 and beyond. Nevertheless, how these policy objectives actually translate into future scenarios that can also take into account a long-term perspective up to 2050 and correspond to local preferences remains largely understudied. This paper aims to fill this gap by identifying the most widely preferred long-term electricity scenarios for Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia. During a series of two-day workshops (one in each country), the research team, along with local stakeholders, adopted a participatory approach to develop multiple 2050 electricity scenarios, which enabled electricity pathways to be modelled using Renewable Energy Pathway Simulation System GIS (renpassG!S). We subsequently used the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) within a Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA) to capture local preferences. The empirical findings show that local stakeholders in all three countries preferred electricity scenarios mainly or even exclusively based on renewables. The findings demonstrate a clear preference for renewable energies and show that useful insights can be generated using participatory approaches to energy planning.

Integrated Rural Energy Planning

1986 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 255a-256
Author(s):  
T. Cloudsley
Keyword(s):  
Energy Planning ◽  
Rural Energy

Brief Reports: An Examination of Relationships between the 1990 NAEP Mathematics Items for Grade 8 and Selected Themes from the NCTM Standards

1993 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-167
Author(s):  
Edward A. Silver ◽  
Patricia Ann Kenney
Keyword(s):  
Educational Achievement ◽  
State Level ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Mathematics Assessment ◽  
National Assessment ◽  
Nctm Standards ◽  
The Status ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Grade 8

For about 20 years, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has reported on the status and progress of U.S. educational achievement in a variety of subject areas, including mathematics (Mullis, 1990). The 1990 NAEP mathematics assessment, which was the fifth in this subject area, was different from the previous four assessments in some important ways. For example, the 1990 NAEP assessment was the first NAEP for which it was possible to report state-level results for those states willing to participate. In fact. the 1990 NAEP consisted of two tests: one given to a national sample at grades 4, 8, and 12 as in prior assessments, and the other given only at grade 8 to a different sample drawn specifically for the stateby-state reporting of results.

Rural energy planning in India

Energy Policy ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 403-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandra Shekhar Sinha ◽  
Ramana P. Venkata ◽  
Veena Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Energy Planning ◽  
Rural Energy

Integration of Demand-Side Management Programs and Supply-Side Alternatives for Decentralized Energy Planning

2017 ◽  
pp. 252-270
Author(s):  
Masoud Rabbani ◽  
Mahdi Dolatkhah
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Formulation ◽  
Demand Side Management ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Energy Planning ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Planning Decisions ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Decentralized Energy ◽  
Load Shape

Optimally selection of an appropriate mix of renewable sources for supplying electricity of remote areas has been always an important challenge for policy makers. Also, in recent years, the great advantages of Demand Side Management (DSM) programs such as postponing investments in construction of new plants and/or desirably modification of electricity consumption pattern has turned great attention of energy planners to these programs. Moreover, the issue of global warming has caused the need for reduction of human use of fossil fuels and switching to employing green energy sources. To address the mentioned concerns, in this paper, an integrated mathematical formulation for selecting the best mix of renewable energy technologies is proposed. In this study, DSM considered as a competitive option against supply-side alternatives for making energy planning decisions. Additionally, by considering real data from a case in Iran, the effects of considering energy import and export has been taken into account. To validate the model, for smaller-scaled test problems the model has been solved by Lingo 8.0 software while for solving larger instances of problems (real scale of case study) a novel genetic algorithm (GA) is devised. The numerical results indicate that DSM policies have made use of their maximum capacity and resulted in significant improvements, especially in terms of reducing consumption and suitably changing the load shape.

Soft Computing and Computational Intelligent Techniques in the Evaluation of Emerging Energy Technologies

2011 ◽  
pp. 164-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selcuk Cebi ◽  
Cengiz Kahraman ◽  
Ihsan Kaya
Keyword(s):  
Soft Computing ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Energy Planning ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Ideal Solution ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Computational Intelligent

The global warming and energy need requires developing emerging energy technologies for the electricity, heat, and transport markets. The emerging energy technologies aim at increasing efficiency of energy utilization processes from energy sources and diminish CO2 exhalation. The main aim of the chapter is to exhaustively present soft computing and computational intelligent techniques in the evaluation of emerging energy technologies. In the scope of the chapter, classification of emerging energy technologies, their application trends in the literature, a brief explanation for soft computing and computational intelligent techniques, and literature survey of related techniques on both emerging energy technologies and energy planning are included. Moreover, technique for order performance by similarity to ideal solution, analytic hierarchy processes, and their fuzzy structures are introduced.

A Regional Energy Planning Approach

2015 ◽  
pp. 194-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Ming Chen ◽  
Young-Doo Wang ◽  
Jong Chul Huh ◽  
Youn Cheol Park
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Energy Planning ◽  
Energy Applications ◽  
Regional Energy ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Energy Environment ◽  
Decentralized Energy

Augmenting recent coverage of the topic of regional energy planning, this chapter introduces an Integrated Regional Energy Policy and Planning Framework (IREPP), which is conceptually comprehensive and also enhances feasibility of implementation. This framework contains important concepts of sustainable energy planning, including integrated resource planning, soft energy path, distributed generation using decentralized energy technologies, and energy-environment-economy-equity balance (E4). The IREPP also includes implementation feasibility analysis and highlights the importance of monitoring and evaluation. In the second part of this chapter, the IREPP is applied to the case of Jeju. Jeju's “Mid- and Long-Term Roadmap of Renewable Energy Planning” intends to promote renewable energy applications in order to build a carbon free energy system. This chapter evaluates Jeju's overall Roadmap via the lens of IREPP, assesses the rationale and feasibility of achieving its individual renewable target set for 2050, and, additionally, reviews progress made in some individual targets as of 2014.

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