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| Personal Name | Tabornal, Ian Edgar O. |
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| Resource Title | Least-Cost Development Planning for the Interconnection of Small Island Grids with Renewable Energy-Based Hybrid Power Generation to the Main Grid |
| Date Issued | 31 January 2025 |
| Abstract | The Philippines, with its numerous off-grid islands, face challenges in reliable and affordable electricity supply. Currently, at least 132 small islands and isolated grids (SIIGs) depend on oil-based generators, resulting in high cost, unreliable, and inadequate power, which negatively impacts living standards, education, public health, and economic opportunities. This thesis developed a methodology for determining the least-cost voltage and timing of interconnecting island grids to the main grid. It compares the cost effectiveness of connecting to the main grid with that of continuing with oil-based generators with RE-based hybrid system. The interconnection scenario assesses the route and voltage level options for the least-cost interconnection scheme which is compared with the least-cost RE-based hybridization capacity expansion plan of continuing isolated island grid. The goal is to identify the most cost-effective solution including timing for improving power supply reliability and affordability for island grid interconnection in the Philippines. The methodology is applied to a case study of an interconnection of an off-grid island. |
| Degree Course | Master of Science in Electrical Engineering |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | island interconnection; least-cost planning; off-grid; hybrid power generation; renewable energy optimization |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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