4.3. Design implementation

The formulation presented above for regional energy planning is tried for the data collected from extensive field surveys in Uttara Kannada district. Eight resources and six tasks are considered for demonstrating the usefulness of the design approach presented in the previous section. In arriving at the energy requirement for different tasks, aggregation has been done. For example, all the loads requiring rotating shaft power (such as water pumping, some agricultural operations, motor load in small-scale industries) are aggregated into one task (rotating mechanical power). The resources and tasks considered in this design are as follows:

Resources:
i = 1, fire wood, agricultural residues;
=2, biogas;
=3, wind energy;
=4, solar energy;
=5, hydropower resources (micro/mini/small, etc.);
=6, grid electricity;
=7, kerosene;
=8, petroleum products (petrol, diesel, etc.).
Tasks:
j = 1, low temperature heating (water heating, drying, space heating, etc.);
=2, medium temperature heating (primarily cooking, etc.);
=3, high temperature heating (furnace, industrial applications, etc.);
=4, lighting (domestic, industrial, street lighting, etc.);
=5, rotating mechanical power (irrigation, industrial applications, etc.);
=6, motive power (transportation, etc.).