High Penetration PV- Battery-Straight Vegetal Oil Hybrid System for Zero Emission Electricity Generation on the Galapagos Islands

Estrella, Rodrigo, Klaus, Werner, Karres, Samuel, Rodriguez Ortiz, Ivan, Braun, Martin, Moreno, Adrian, Samaniego, Alfredo, Manzano, Luis, Strauss, Philipp

ISES Solar World Congress 2011 · Kassel, Germany · 2011-08-28
Published by International Solar Energy Society (ISES)
DOI: 10.18086/swc.2011.07.03

Abstract

Situated in the Pacific some 1,000 km from the South American continent, the Galapagos Islands have been inscribed in the UNESCO world heritage since 1978. Later on, in 2007 UNESCO put the Galápagos Islands on their List of World Heritage in Danger. On 29 July 2010, the World Heritage Committee decided to remove the Galapagos Islands from the list because the Committee found significant progress had been made by Ecuador in addressing these problems.1 One of these measures was the launch of the cero fossil fuels for Galápagos policy. As results of this the hybrid system project for the Isabela Island was launched. The objective of this project is the cero emission electric generation for this Island by means of the use of PV power, diesel generators running on biofuels and batteries to ensure the stability of the system and to increase the PV penetration.

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