Distributed Renewable Energies for Off-Grid Communities

Chapter Four

Planning of Integrated Renewable Communities

4.1 Scenario 1

The necessary data such as climatic conditions and soil data, as well as the data concerning the identification of production factors, are normally available for an existing agricultural region. This data should be used as the basis for the planning of Integrated Energy Farms (IEF) and systems.

However, the energy demand of an agricultural area cannot be covered solely by the use of circuit economy—that is, by energetic use of agricultural wastes and residues or through solar and wind energy. In some climatically unfavorable regions we need, in addition to available resources, the production of energy raw materials (biomass) on the farm. However, this may lead to a contentious ...