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- The role of smart community microgrids in Aotearoa’s energy future
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- University of Otago
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There is a pressing need to expand electricity production in Aotearoa New Zealand to meet sustainability goals and lower energy costs. This new generation needs to be based on renewable sources, chiefly wind and solar, for both sustainability and economic reasons. While there remains a role for the legacy grid, microgrids provide a means of co-locating generation with load, minimising transmission line investment and energy losses. This paper explores the advantages of smart community microgr...
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- Date created
- 2025-01-27
- Creator
- Apperley, Mark / Viggers, Helen / Walmsley, Michael / Chapman, Ralph / Howden Chapman, Philippa / Penny, Guy / Shearer, Ian / Taptiklis, Phoebe
- URL
- https://hdl.handle.net/10523/44789
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- Renewable energy / smart microgrid / community microgrid / distributed energy resources / transmission loss reduction
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