Regional Planning and Optimization of Renewable Energy Sources for Improved Rural Electrification

Sarah Farhana Shahrom, Kathleen B. Aviso, Raymond R. Tan, Nor Nazeelah Saleem, Denny K. S. Ng, Viknesh Andiappan · 2023 · Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability

Summary. Rural electrification in developing regions requires balancing competing interests between policymakers promoting renewable energy and power operators protecting profits. This paper develops a bi-level optimization model that accounts for investment costs, carbon emissions, efficiency, and incentives. Using Malaysian case studies, the authors show that cost minimization alone favors expanding existing plants over renewables, but strategic incentives of $1.4 million annually can shift operators toward decarbonization while meeting rural electricity demand.

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@article{shahrom-2023-regional-planning-optimization-renewable-energy,
  title   = {Regional Planning and Optimization of Renewable Energy Sources for Improved Rural Electrification},
  author  = {Sarah Farhana Shahrom and Kathleen B. Aviso and Raymond R. Tan and Nor Nazeelah Saleem and Denny K. S. Ng and Viknesh Andiappan},
  journal = {Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability},
  year    = {2023},
  doi     = {10.1007/s41660-023-00323-0},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s41660-023-00323-0}
}

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TI  - Regional Planning and Optimization of Renewable Energy Sources for Improved Rural Electrification
AU  - Sarah Farhana Shahrom
AU  - Kathleen B. Aviso
AU  - Raymond R. Tan
AU  - Nor Nazeelah Saleem
AU  - Denny K. S. Ng
AU  - Viknesh Andiappan
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DOI

10.1007/s41660-023-00323-0

Countries

Malaysia

Regions

Asia

Categories

energy, policy, regional-innovation-systems

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2026-04-28