Contextual Challenges in using DERs to Advance Remote Electrification

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dc.contributor.authorChattopadhyay, Abhiroop
dc.contributor.authorWitmer, Ann-Perry
dc.contributor.authorSauer, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-24T17:49:21Z
dc.date.available2021-12-24T17:49:21Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-04
dc.description.abstractThis paper describes some non-technical challenges of utilizing Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) to achieve electrification in remote rural regions that fall outside the reach of the conventional utility grid. These non-technical challenges stem partly from the inability to utilize economies of scale, but are also related to place-based contexts of the communities that these systems are designed to serve. This paper provides some insights from a case study of DER usage for electrification in the Navajo Nation (NN) and the challenges that are involved. It describes through this illustrative case study why technology solutions and long-term policy initiatives and support – explicitly crafted using knowledge of place and people – are necessary to advance electrification goals in rural and under-served communities.
dc.format.extent9 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2022.418
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-5-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/79753
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectDistributed, Renewable, and Mobile Resources
dc.subjectcontextual engineering
dc.subjectdistributed energy resources
dc.subjectnon-technical design considerations
dc.subjectrural electrification
dc.subjectsocietal context
dc.titleContextual Challenges in using DERs to Advance Remote Electrification
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