PROYECTOS > CONTROL DE DEMANDA (2011)
PROYECTOS > CONTROL DE DEMANDA (2011)
Huatacondo is a town located in the Tarapacá Region, within the Andes, and has around 75 people. ESUSCON Huatacondo The project is the first smart microgrid based on renewable energy in Chile and considers the participation of the community in the efficient use of energy and power system operation. Installed generation systems are a major photovoltaic plant 22.68 [kW]; secondary photovoltaic plant 1 [kW]; a wind turbine 3 [kW]; a diesel 120 [kVA] group and battery room 30 [kVA]. The project, from its inception the direct involvement of the community in decision-making, empowering the people of the project, causing them to be operators, responsible for minor maintenance, and mainly engaged in the efficient use of energy. The Project: As a measure of efficient use of energy, Demand Control developed, a device that provides the user with information about future energy availability of renewable generation resources, seeking to optimize energy consumption. Thus the user is encouraged to electricity consumption at the moment there is more energy available, in this case, the daytime, when solar energy is available. The Demand Control is designed as a 24-hour clock, where the area is every hour to show the status of low, medium, and high energy availability via LEDs in red, yellow, and green colored lights respectively. This information is provided based on the current time and projected into the future 16 hours, so the user can schedule their electricity usage during the day, for example, washing clothes with an electric washer, during times of increased solar availability, approximately noon.