Electric power sources in Colombia depend mainly on the country's water resources and in some rural areas the electric power service is not available or its infrastructure is fragile, causing damage to appliances and frequent power outage. This problem has been attempted to be solved with other...
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| Summary: | Electric power sources in Colombia depend mainly on the country's water resources and in some rural areas the electric power service is not available or its infrastructure is fragile, causing damage to appliances and frequent power outage. This problem has been attempted to be solved with other types of energy sources such as solar energy. However, if a proper characterization of the rural areas to be installed is not carried out, increases in costs and frequent corrective maintenance may occur in this type of solution.
For this reason, the objective of this research work was to propose a financial model that incorporated the key aspects to standardize the installation of power plants through photovoltaic solar systems in homes not connected to the grid in the rural area of Ibagué. For this study, a quantitative research was carried out, starting with the exploration of backgrounds of similar projects. Subsequently, a general analysis of the geographical, climatic and location characteristics of the villages was carried out to determine the type of photovoltaic system and investment for the installation of each energy generating plant, achieving structuring a CAUE financial model.
As a result, this model showed that 90% of the villages in Ibagué are suitable for an investment alternative with solar energy and that the costs in the model are directly related to aspects such as the technical structure of the plant, geographical, climatic and energy characteristics of the locations studied. |
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