PV-hybrid village power systems in Amazonia

Author

Warner, C.L. ; Taylor, R.W. ; Ribeiro, C.M. ; Moszkowicz, M. ; Borba, A.J.V.

Author_Institution

Nat. Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

13-17 May 1996

Firstpage

1469

Lastpage

1472

Abstract

The Brazilian Amazon region is an ideal location for isolated mini-grid systems. Hundreds of diesel systems have been installed to supply electricity to this sparsely populated region. However, the availability of renewable energy resources makes the Amazon well-suited to renewable energy systems. This paper describes the technical aspects of two PV hybrid power systems being installed in this region through the cooperative effort of multiple partners: US Department of Energy, through NREL; and Brazilian CEPEL/Eletrobras and state electric utilities

Keywords

diesel-electric generators; diesel-electric power stations; electricity supply industry; internal combustion engines; photovoltaic power systems; project engineering; Amazon; Brazil; PV hybrid power systems; electric utilities; electricity supply; isolated mini-grid power systems; projects; renewable energy systems; village power systems; Availability; Cities and towns; Costs; Hybrid power systems; Laboratories; Power industry; Power systems; Renewable energy resources; US Department of Energy; Wind speed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1996., Conference Record of the Twenty Fifth IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3166-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1996.564413

Filename

564413