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Design methodology of a hybrid renewable energy microgrid for an isolated rural community. Application case in Zambia

Publicated to:Dyna. 98 (6): 595-601 - 2023-12-01 98(6), DOI: 10.6036/10785

Authors: Martinez, Lucas -Rodolfo; Axelsson, Josefine; Ribo-Perez, David; Gomez-Navarro, Tomas

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Univ Politecn Valencia, Ciudad Politecn Innovac, Inst Ingn Energet, Ed 8E,Camino Vera,S-N - Author

Abstract

center dot This article proposes a methodology for designing off-grid electricity systems based on renewable energies in rural communities of developing countries that never consumed electricity. The state of the art is reviewed and the methodology aggregates proposals from multiple previous works. It is divided into phases: Data Collection, Assessment, Planning/Modelling, and Execution. The main actors and their responsibilities are explained. Rarely considered stages such as co-design with the beneficiary community or the creation of a renewable energy community are included. The application of the methodology is illustrated with the first results from a case study in Mumbeji, Zambia, Africa. The project stakeholders, the results of demand curve estimation, power generation curves, available resources, engineering costs, and microgrid design modeling are presented. center dot Keywords: Hybrid renewable energy systems; Rural electrification; Off-grid rural communities.

Keywords

BiomassElectrificationFeasibilityHybrid renewable energy systemsHydroOff-grid rural communitiesOptimizationPower-systemRemote islandRural electrificationTechnologies

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Dyna, and although the journal is classified in the quartile Q3 (Agencia WoS (JCR)), its regional focus and specialization in Engineering, Multidisciplinary, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-01:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 16.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 16 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Martinez, Lucas Rodolfo) and Last Author (Gómez Navarro, Tomás).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Martinez, Lucas Rodolfo.