Appropriate Technology as an Alternative to Mitigate Energy Poverty in Rural Communities

Catuogno, Guillermo; Frias, Gaston; Catuogno, Carlos; Garcia, Guillermo; Rivera, Marcos; Wheeler, Patrick

Abstract

The living conditions and level of development of rural communities is largely related to access to energy, since energy directly impacts on education, health and entrepreneurship. In this sense, this paper proposes an alternative method to mitigate energy poverty in rural communities based on the development of technology from the scientific community. This paper shows methodologies developed in recent years in electrification projects for rural communities based on the design of appropriate technologies and STEM training in secondary schools as a catalyst for the development of activities to achieve low-cost, replicable projects. and sustainable over time.

Citation

Catuogno, G., Frias, G., Catuogno, C., Garcia, G., Rivera, M., & Wheeler, P. (2022, October). Appropriate Technology as an Alternative to Mitigate Energy Poverty in Rural Communities. Presented at 2022 IEEE International Conference on Automation/XXV Congress of the Chilean Association of Automatic Control (ICA-ACCA), Curicó, Chile

• Presentation Conference Type: Edited Proceedings
• Conference Name: 2022 IEEE International Conference on Automation/XXV Congress of the Chilean Association of Automatic Control (ICA-ACCA)
• Start Date: Oct 24, 2022
• End Date: Oct 28, 2022
• Acceptance Date: Oct 24, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Jan 10, 2023
• Publication Date: Oct 24, 2022
• Deposit Date: Nov 19, 2024
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 238-243
• Book Title: 2022 IEEE International Conference on Automation/XXV Congress of the Chilean Association of Automatic Control (ICA-ACCA)
• ISBN: 9781665494090
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ica-acca56767.2022.10006268
• Keywords: Appropriate technology , energy poverty , microgrid , rural electrification.
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/16790216
• Publisher URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10006268