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Postgraduate Program Microenergy Systems Center for Technology and Society Technische Universität Berlin Sekr. HBS 1, Hardenbergstrasse 16-18 10623 Berlin http://www.tu-berlin.de/microenergysystems Postgraduate Program Microenergy Systems sponsored by Abstract Against the background of an urgent need to transform the energy sector on a global scale, this thesis elaborates on a bottom-up decentralized development pathway . A huge potential of application stems from the more than 1.3 billion people in the Global South who are not connected to an electricity grid. The swarm electrification concept is building on a smart integration of existing infrastructure and unused resources. One potential starting point are the more than three million solar home systems in Bangladesh (Figure 2). The thesis elaborates on the socio-technical knowhow required for the layout of this bottom-up electrification pathway. Background The ex-ante outlined general swarm electrification scheme includes four main stages (Figure 1): Stage 1: starting point: solar home systems Stage 2: small microgrid cluster Stage 3: bottom-up, sharing-based microgrid Stage 4: connection to the main grid A dynamic bottom-up process with organic development based on sharing access to renewable energies? Research Objectives • To identify criteria for a general framework of the development pathway • To elaborate on the layout of the technical systems including control and protection • To validate the design of the technology and evaluate the designed pathway Methods The research methods address the objectives through an interdisciplinary approach using methods from social sciences and engineering: • Literature review and expert interviews • Field study in Bangladesh • Layout of technology and control regime design • Technical validation • Multi-criteria evaluation Expected Results and Dissemination The aim of this thesis is to lay the scientific groundwork for an implementation. The potential for a dynamic transition to renewable-energy-based infrastructure give the research relevance not only for the Global South but also the Global North. Hannes Kirchhoff [email protected] Mobile:+49 171 155 21 41 Bottom-Up Swarm Electrification with Renewable Energies in the Global South Layout and Value of a Development Pathway with Sharing-Based Energy Infrastructure PhD-Student: Hannes Kirchhoff (M.Sc.), Super-Visor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Strunz Figure 2: Solar home systems at field study site in Bangladesh (Kirchhoff) Stage 4 Stage 3 Stage 2 Stage 1 Figure 1: Bottom-up swarm electrification scheme (Kirchhoff 2013)
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Postgraduate Program Microenergy Systems
Center for Technology and Society
Technische Universität Berlin
Sekr. HBS 1, Hardenbergstrasse 16-18
10623 Berlin
http://www.tu-berlin.de/microenergysystems
Postgraduate Program
Microenergy Systems
sponsored by
Abstract
Against the background of an urgent need to transform
the energy sector on a global scale, this thesis elaborates
on a bottom-up decentralized development pathway.
A huge potential of application stems from the more than
1.3 billion people in the Global South who are not
connected to an electricity grid. The swarm electrification
concept is building on a smart integration of existing
infrastructure and unused resources. One potential
starting point are the more than three million solar home
systems in Bangladesh (Figure 2). The thesis elaborates on
the socio-technical knowhow required for the layout of
this bottom-up electrification pathway.
Background
The ex-ante outlined general swarm electrification scheme
includes four main stages (Figure 1):
Stage 1: starting point: solar home systems
Stage 2: small microgrid cluster
Stage 3: bottom-up, sharing-based microgrid
Stage 4: connection to the main grid
A dynamic bottom-up process with organic
development based on sharing access to
renewable energies?
Research Objectives
• To identify criteria for a general framework of the
development pathway
• To elaborate on the layout of the technical systems
including control and protection
• To validate the design of the technology and evaluate
the designed pathway
Methods
The research methods address the objectives through
an interdisciplinary approach using methods from
social sciences and engineering:
• Literature review and expert interviews
• Field study in Bangladesh
• Layout of technology and control regime design
• Technical validation
• Multi-criteria evaluation
Expected Results and Dissemination
The aim of this thesis is to lay the scientific groundwork
for an implementation. The potential for a dynamic
transition to renewable-energy-based infrastructure give
the research relevance not only for the Global South
but also the Global North.
Hannes Kirchhoff
Mobile:+49 171 155 21 41
Bottom-Up Swarm Electrification with Renewable
Energies in the Global South
Layout and Value of a Development Pathway with Sharing-Based
Energy Infrastructure
PhD-Student: Hannes Kirchhoff (M.Sc.), Super-Visor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Strunz
Figure 2: Solar home systems at field study site in Bangladesh (Kirchhoff)
Stage 4Stage 3
Stage 2Stage 1
Figure 1: Bottom-up swarm electrification scheme (Kirchhoff 2013)
