Abstract
As part of designing a village electric power system, the present and future electric loads must be defined, including both seasonal and daily usage patterns. However, in many cases, detailed electric load information is not readily available. NREL developed the Alaska Village Electric Load Calculator to help estimate the electricity requirements in a village given basic information about thetypes of facilities located within the community. The purpose of this report is to explain how the load calculator was developed and to provide instructions on its use so that organizations can then use this model to calculate expected electrical energy usage.
| Original language | American English |
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| Number of pages | 31 |
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| State | Published - 2004 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/TP-500-36824
Keywords
- Alaska
- distributed energy
- load calculator
- village electric power system
- wind energy