PERSONAL DE APOYO
CADENA Carlos Alberto
artículos
Título:
Social Indicators in Preliminary Studies for the Installation of Solar Panels. Province of Salta, Argentina
Autor/es:
OTTAVIALELLI, E Y CADENA, CARLOS
Revista:
Journal of Energy and Power Engineering
Editorial:
David Publishing Company
Referencias:
Año: 2013
Resumen:
Abstract: More than 10% of the population in Salta is regarded as rural. Many rural areas suffer a shortage of energy and consequently possibilities of social and economic development of the inhabitants become reduced. The activation of renewable energy sources in these areas presents inhabitants the advantage to generate their own energy. Dispersed rural communities create small electricity demands that are not considered by suppliers, because they are not profitable. Although thus far feasibility analyses to install photovoltaic or thermal solar collectors are based on technical reasons it seems more convenient in the future that projects for the installation of technology based on renewable energy should consider social indicators. As a preliminary step to field work is proposed in this paper using an equation that allows us to obtain a value of "Social Index". With this analysis and the current survey and accompanied by the local people, knowledge will be obtained of the real needs of these rural communities. The results show that there is a variation that would allow a classification or ordering of localities. To validate the results obtained is proposed as the next step to perform field work in each of the localities.