Abstract
This paper investigates the environmental and financial effects of adding solar PV and storage to off-grid microgrids to reduce or remove diesel usage. A simulation study including a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and a financial model is presented for a military base use case. Hereby three scenarios are investigated; a baseline with only diesel usage (I), a number of diesel reduction scenarios (II) and a diesel removal scenario (III). The results show that in Scenario II a 24-30% diesel reduction can be achieved, leading to a 22-27% kg CO2 eq. per kWh reduction and a 23-27% cost reduction in respect to Scenario I. Scenario III shows that a complete diesel removal is possible leading to a 75% kg CO2 eq. per kWh reduction and a 43-68% cost reduction.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 27th International Conference on Electricity Distribution (CIRED 2023) |
Place of Publication | Piscataway, NJ |
Publisher | IEEE |
Pages | 2833-2837 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Volume | 2023 |
Edition | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-83953-855-1 |
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Publication status | Published - 15 Jun 2023 |
Event | CIRED 2023: International Conference & Exhibition on Electricity Distribution - La Nuvola, Rome, Italy Duration: 12 Jun 2023 → 15 Jun 2023 Conference number: 27 https://www.cired2023.org/ |
Conference
Conference | CIRED 2023 |
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Abbreviated title | CIRED 2023 |
Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Rome |
Period | 12/06/23 → 15/06/23 |
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Keywords
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