Design and Development of a Microgrid Project at Rural Area

This paper presents design and development of a microgrid project at rural area. Ban Khun Pae Village is about 35 km away from HOA Substation. This rural area has the problem of unstable power supply of hydropower, electricity shortage and the conflicts between irrigation and hydropower generation. Therefore, microgrid has been developed for this area. This paper discusses the microgrid system in practical application. The feasibility study of the proposed system has been verified from simulation and experiment. The topology and function design for microgrid project at rural area can be applied to other similar microgrid projects.