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Adoption of Smart Grid Technology to Enhance Renewable Energy Integration

This use case explores how adopting smart grid technology can facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources into the power grid, thereby reducing reliance on fossil fuels and combating climate change.

Goal 13 Goal 09 Goal 07

Decision makers

Objectives

To increase renewable energy integration, reduce CO2 emissions, improve grid reliability, and achieve cost savings through the adoption of smart grid technology.

Interactive application

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Data attributes

Context

The situation decision makers are in when they have to make a decision can be described by the following attributes:

  1. RegionPopulation: Numerical integer (100,000 - 10,000,000)
  2. CurrentRenewableEnergyPercentage: Numerical integer (0-100)
  3. ElectricityDemandGrowthRate: Numerical integer (1-10)%
  4. GridReliabilityIndex: Categorical (Low, Medium, High)
  5. ExistingInfrastructureAge: Numerical integer (1-50) years
  6. RenewableEnergySourcesAvailable: Categorical (Solar, Wind, Hydro, Multiple)
  7. EnergyStorageCapacityMWh: Numerical integer (0-5000)
  8. RegulatorySupport: Categorical (Yes, No)
  9. PublicSupport: Categorical (Low, Medium, High)
  10. PreviousSmartGridProjects: Categorical (None, Few, Many)

Actions

Decision makers can take the following actions:

  1. SmartGridInvestmentMillions: Numerical integer (10-500)
  2. SmartGridTechnologyType: Categorical (AdvancedMeteringInfrastructure, DistributionAutomation, IntegratedCommunication, Others)
  3. PartnershipWithTechCompanies: Categorical (Yes, No)
  4. CommunityEngagementPrograms: Categorical (Yes, No)
  5. TrainingForLocalWorkforce: Categorical (Yes, No)

Outcomes

Decision makers are evaluated on the following outcomes:

  1. IncreasedRenewableEnergyIntegration: Numerical integer (1-50)% (Maximize)
  2. ReducedCO2EmissionsTons: Numerical integer (1000-1000000) (Maximize)
  3. ImprovedGridReliability: Categorical (Yes, No) (Maximize)
  4. CostSavingsMillions: Numerical integer (-50-200) (Maximize)
  5. Cost: Numerical integer (calculated based on SmartGridInvestmentMillions, minus CostSavingsMillions, plus fixed costs for CommunityEngagementPrograms and TrainingForLocalWorkforce) (Minimize)

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