The Value of the Energy Resilience that Solar Microgrids Can Provide to Puerto Rico

Master thesis (2020)

Authors

B.A. Peterson Villalobos Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Contributors

R.A. Hakvoort Energy and Industry (supervisor 1)
A.H.M. Smets Photovoltaic Materials and Devices - EEMCS (supervisor 2)
J.N. Quist Energy and Industry (supervisor 2)
Faculty
Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Copyright: © 2020 Bertram Peterson Villalobos
Microgrids Distributed energy resources Solar energy Energy resilience Value of resilience Value of lost load
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Published Date

20-11-2020

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Abstract

In 2017, Hurricane Maria proved how fragile Puerto Rico’s grid is to natural disasters. The consequence of this fragility was the longest power blackout in the history of the U.S., which affected 3.3 million people, lasted for 3.4 billion customer-hours, and resulted in economic losses estimated in 95 billion USD. The solution, then, is energy resilience, defined here as the overall ability of an electricity system to prevent, mitigate, and recover from wide-area, long-duration outages. Accordingly, the aim of this study is to quantify the value of the energy resilience that solar microgrids can provide to electricity users in Puerto Rico.