Energía fotovoltaica: una oportunidad de creación de microempresas en Cuenca – Ecuador mediante la figura de generación distribuida

Abstract

The study "Photovoltaic Energy: An opportunity to create micro-enterprises in Cuenca - Ecuador through the figure of Distributed Generation", considers the current supply and demand of electric energy in the residential sector of the city of Cuenca and contemplates a 25-year projection of the same, presents an alternative to implement on-site technologies through distributed generation with photovoltaic energy and analyzes the probability for residences to be considered as micro-enterprises, bearing in mind that in addition to having this service permanently, they will receive economic benefits for their incorporation to the national grid, guaranteeing energy, productive, economic and environmental security for present and future generations. In order to demonstrate the feasibility of the production of electric energy by single-family houses, analysis, and evaluation of the environmental and social impact are presented based on the sustainability of the investment by the population and above all the reduction of CO2 emissions. The benefits are cost reduction in transmission losses, distribution, expansion, repowering of electrical systems, infrastructure maintenance, rapid attention to demand growth, based on technical studies of converters, design, and monitoring of charging and discharging of batteries, energy control, storage, and discharge of batteries. The economic feasibility of this type of energy is demonstrated with calculations in investment in fixed and operating capital and analysis techniques such as IRR, NPV, and capital recovery time.