Distributed Generation for Electrification of Rural Primary School and Health Centre: An Indian Perspective

The research focuses a Hybrid Renewable Energy System (HRES) for the electrification of a rural school and a health centre for a rural site in India. The HRES modelled for 100 percent renewable resources serves a load requirement of approximately 3.38-4.28 kWh/d for the school and 6.55-8 kWh/d for the health centre, based on varied seasons. The microsystem model is designed for a 25 year projected lifespan, to balance the required load for energy deprived schools and health centres in rural areas of India. Of an utmost importance is to overcome the issue of intermittent power and reducing unmet load, and improving the autonomy of the system. This analysis can be used as a framework to improve electricity infrastructure in electricity deprived communities of the developing countries; thus improving social well-being of people from an engineering aspect.