Ravanbach, BKühnel, MHanke, BVon Maydell, KVan Dyk, EEVumbugwa, MMakaka, GLesala, MEShambira, NRoro, Kittessa T2021-04-102021-04-102020-05Ravanbach, B., Kühnel, M., Hanke, B., Von Maydell, K., Van Dyk, E., Vumbugwa, M., Makaka, G. & Lesala, M. et al. 2020. Development of a smart monitoring and evaluation framework for hybrid renewable mini-grids. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11971 .978-1-7281-5641https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9243124doi: 10.1109/EVER48776.2020.9243124http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11971Hybrid renewable mini-grids have emerged as a viable solution for providing reliable, environmentally friendly electricity to remote communities. An affordable and grid-quality supply of energy can open new possibilities for socioeconomic progress. As part of a joint project between South Africa's Eastern Cape province and Germany's state of Lower Saxony a Photovoltaic (PV) hybrid mini-grid is developed in the municipality of Upper Blinkwater in Eastern Cape for a rural community of 70 households with 90% living off of social grants and no access to the main national grid. The aim of this work is to develop a smart Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (MEF) for hybrid renewable mini-grids by integrating cutting-edge technologies in a scalable platform of replicable solutions towards connecting the mini-grid with diverse stakeholders with enhanced observability of both generation and consumption profiles. The MEF provides the opportunity to streamline the flow of real-time energy data (generation, consumption, and storage) from the system to generate accurate and high-resolution data-driven load profiles for rural households. Simultaneously, the interrelation between energy access and social development will be studied and analyzed.AbstractenEnergy accessHybrid Renewable Mini-gridsMonitoring and evaluationRural Household Load ProfilesSmart minigridsConference PresentationRavanbach, B., Kühnel, M., Hanke, B., Von Maydell, K., Van Dyk, E., Vumbugwa, M., ... Roro, K. (2020). Development of a smart monitoring and evaluation framework for hybrid renewable mini-grids. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11971Ravanbach, B, M Kühnel, B Hanke, K Von Maydell, EE Van Dyk, M Vumbugwa, G Makaka, ME Lesala, N Shambira, and Kittessa Roro. "Development of a smart monitoring and evaluation framework for hybrid renewable mini-grids." <i>2020 Fifteenth International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER), Monte Carlo, May 28 - May 30, 2020</i> (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11971Ravanbach B, Kühnel M, Hanke B, Von Maydell K, Van Dyk E, Vumbugwa M, et al, Development of a smart monitoring and evaluation framework for hybrid renewable mini-grids; 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11971 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Ravanbach, B AU - Kühnel, M AU - Hanke, B AU - Von Maydell, K AU - Van Dyk, EE AU - Vumbugwa, M AU - Makaka, G AU - Lesala, ME AU - Shambira, N AU - Roro, Kittessa AB - Hybrid renewable mini-grids have emerged as a viable solution for providing reliable, environmentally friendly electricity to remote communities. An affordable and grid-quality supply of energy can open new possibilities for socioeconomic progress. As part of a joint project between South Africa's Eastern Cape province and Germany's state of Lower Saxony a Photovoltaic (PV) hybrid mini-grid is developed in the municipality of Upper Blinkwater in Eastern Cape for a rural community of 70 households with 90% living off of social grants and no access to the main national grid. The aim of this work is to develop a smart Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (MEF) for hybrid renewable mini-grids by integrating cutting-edge technologies in a scalable platform of replicable solutions towards connecting the mini-grid with diverse stakeholders with enhanced observability of both generation and consumption profiles. The MEF provides the opportunity to streamline the flow of real-time energy data (generation, consumption, and storage) from the system to generate accurate and high-resolution data-driven load profiles for rural households. Simultaneously, the interrelation between energy access and social development will be studied and analyzed. DA - 2020-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR J1 - 2020 Fifteenth International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER), Monte Carlo, May 28 - May 30, 2020 KW - Energy access KW - Hybrid Renewable Mini-grids KW - Monitoring and evaluation KW - Rural Household Load Profiles KW - Smart minigrids LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2020 SM - 978-1-7281-5641 T1 - Development of a smart monitoring and evaluation framework for hybrid renewable mini-grids TI - Development of a smart monitoring and evaluation framework for hybrid renewable mini-grids UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11971 ER -24252