ERMESS: a tool to help design micro-networks

Designing and sizing autonomous microgrids: the example of TwInSolar

Figure 1 - Centralized and decentralized power grids

Figure 2 - Total installed capacity of microgrids from 2019 to 2028 (inspired by: Navigant Research)

Figure 3 - ERMESS operating diagram (inputs/outputs)

Figure 4 - General operation of a genetic algorithm

Figure 5 - Constructing an individual&#039;s genotype in the ERMESS algorithm

Figure 6 - Schematic representation of ERMESS operation, simplified case with three islands and an overall population of 12 individuals

Figure 7 - Aerial photograph of the Terre-Sainte campus in Saint-Pierre, Reunion Island

Figure 8 - Monthly electricity consumption of the Terre-Sainte campus

Figure 9 - Self-sufficiency of the Terre-Sainte campus as a function of installed photovoltaic capacity, without the use of flexible means.

Figure 10 - Optimum sizing of photovoltaic production facilities

Figure 11 - Daily production-consumption balancing of the microgrid (average daily values)

Figure 12 - Energy costs as a function of self-sufficiency

Figure 13 - Average roof coverage with photovoltaic modules according to self-sufficiency

Figure 14 - Size of storage required to ensure production-consumption balancing of the microgrid as a function of self-sufficiency