This page is the introductory page for mini-grids. Even if you do not model mini-grids directly, the exercise can be valuable from many different perspectives. Some of the issues that arise from mini-grid analysis include:
- Setting-up a battery analysis and computing the costs of storage in an integrated analysis
- Creating a demand driven corporate model with replacement of assets
- Setting-up a supply and demand analysis
- Creating a corporate model with economic depreciation to compute the levelized cost of energy
- All sorts of financial modelling principles
Mini-Grid Examples and Videos
Example 1: Mini-Grid with Mini-Hydro
The first example of a mini-grid analysis is shown that has four graphs to illustrate the energy demand and supply for a day with the diagram below is shown in the screenshot.
The button below allows you to attach the file.
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Mini-Grid Model with Mini-Hydro and Diesel and Battery and Solar with Detailed Demand Build-up
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File with an Integrated Corporate Model
The next example is for a case where that includes replacement and and alternative summary graph. This example is illustrated in the screenshot below. This demonstrates that it is a waste of time to worry too much about demand. You could get this from other villages or other similar buildings. It also shows with with a few MIN and MAX functions you can prepare a simple dispatch. The thing that I wasted a lot of time on is the replacement of the batteries and the generating assets.
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