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A rising role for decentralized solar minigrids in integrated rural electrification planning? Large-scale, least-cost customer-wise design of grid and off-grid supply systems in Uganda
González García, Andrés; Ciller Cutillas, Pedro; Lee, Stephen J.; Palacios Hielscher, Rafael; Cuadra García, Fernando; Pérez Arriaga, José Ignacio (2022-07-01)Increasing Uganda’s low electrification rate is one of the country’s major challenges. Power service is essential to achieve socioeconomic development and poverty reduction, especially in rural areas. This paper shows the ... -
Computer-aided electrification planning in developing countries: the Reference Electrification Model (REM)
Amatya, Reja; Barbar, Marc F.; Brusnahan, Matthew; Ciller Cutillas, Pedro; Cuadra García, Fernando; Dueñas Martínez, Pablo; Ellman, Douglas; González García, Andrés; Lee, Stephen J.; Mateo Domingo, Carlos; Palacios Hielscher, Rafael; Pérez Arriaga, José Ignacio; Stoner, Robert J.; Vergara Ramírez, Claudio Ricardo; et al., ?In many parts of the world, access to basic electricity services remains a significant challenge. The status quo mode of electrification is central grid extension; however, in many areas off-grid technologies like mini-grids ... -
Electricity for all: The contribution of large-scale planning tools to the energy-access problem
Ciller Cutillas, Pedro; Lumbreras Sancho, Sara (2020-03-01)There is a huge need for investment for the electrification of rural areas in developing countries. Any effective approach to this enormous task requires strategic planning that combines diverse electrification modes: grid ... -
Investigating the necessity of demand characterization and stimulation for geospatial electrification planning in developing countries
Lee, Stephen J.; Sánchez Jacob, Eduardo; González García, Andrés; Ciller Cutillas, Pedro; Dueñas Martínez, Pablo; Taneja, Jay; Cuadra García, Fernando; Lumbreras Martín, Julio; Daly, Hannah; Stoner, Robert J.; Pérez Arriaga, José IgnacioDespite substantial progress in recent years, the global community is projected to fall short in its goal to achieve universal electricity access by 2030. State-of-the-art electrification planning models enable planners ... -
Joint optimal planning of electricity and modern energy cooking services access in Nyagatare
Sánchez Jacob, Eduardo; González García, Andrés; Mazorra Aguiar, Javier; Ciller Cutillas, Pedro; Lumbreras Martín, Julio; Pérez Arriaga, José Ignacio (2021-07-02)In 2019, there were 759 million people globally without access to electricity and 2.6 billion people lacked access to clean cooking. Cooking with electricity could contribute to achieving universal access to energy by 2030. ... -
Network cost estimation for mini-grids in large-scale rural electrification planning
Ciller Cutillas, Pedro; Lumbreras Sancho, Sara; González García, Andrés (2021-11-01)Universal access to electricity is a crucial challenge in many developing countries. Establishing the electrification agenda of an underserved region is a complicated task where computer models play a critical role in ... -
Optimal electrification planning incorporating on- and off-grid technologies: the Reference Electrification Model (REM)
Ciller Cutillas, Pedro; Ellman, Douglas; Vergara Ramírez, Claudio Ricardo; González García, Andrés; Lee, Stephen J.; Drouin, Cailinn S.; Brusnahan, Matthew; Borofsky, Yael; Mateo Domingo, Carlos; Amatya, Reja; Palacios Hielscher, Rafael; Stoner, Robert J.; Cuadra García, Fernando; Pérez Arriaga, José Ignacio (2019-09-01)In many parts of the world, access to basic electricity services remains a significant challenge. The status quo mode of electrification is central grid extension; however, in many areas, off-grid (OG) technologies like ... -
Optimizing off-grid generation in large-scale electrification-planning problems: a direct-search approach
Ciller Cutillas, Pedro; Cuadra García, Fernando; Lumbreras Sancho, Sara (2019-12-02)Off-grid systems play a prominent role in rural electrification planning. The problem of optimizing the generation design of a single off-grid system has received a significant amount of attention in the literature, and ... -
Promotion of mini-grids for rural electrification in Uganda
González García, Andrés; Ciller Cutillas, Pedro; Lee, Stephen J.; Palacios Hielscher, Rafael; Cotterman, Turner L.; Amatya, Reja; Pérez López, Diego; Kakooza, Moses; Wearne, Ashley; Stoner, Robert J.; Pérez Arriaga, José IgnacioUganda's low electrification rate of around 15 is one of the major challenges for economic development and poverty reduction, with business, education, health and communication services suffering. With 70 of the population ...