Evaluation of the rural electrification cost in Bolivia to achieve SDG 7
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https://doi.org/10.52428/20758944.v17i50.2Keywords:
Energy access, Rural electrification, Energy planning, SDG 7, Solar home systemsAbstract
This study quantifies the challenge of achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7: Access to Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG7) in Bolivia. The solution proposed by the project finds the total cost of supplying electricity in all the towns of Bolivia, considering relevant socioeconomic factors when planning the total coverage for the country. The project has two stages: the first consists of data collection and analysis of the demand and the populations’ perception/vision about the use of energy; the second focuses on the analysis of the information and the results generation. The collection of field data which includes energy demand and behavior in the use and consumption of energy was carried out in the communities of Raqaypampa (Cochabamba) and El Sena (Pando). They complemented information previously obtained from El Espino (Santa Cruz) and Toconao (Altiplano bordering Chile).
The Social Sciences Research Institute (INCISO), ENERGÉTICA and the Energy Research Center (CIE), with the information collected and the data on indicators from the SDSN, structured rural communities' standard composition in Bolivia. With this information, RAMP, a demand profiles generation software, simulated the demands for populations in the low and high Bolivia areas, contrasting with different electrification technologies; thus, the most efficient solutions calculate. Finally, the cost to fully electrify the Bolivian population was estimated for electrify 100% of the isolated and dispersed population, which amounts to 587 million dollars, covering 273,286 rural families.
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