Optimisation of hydro-electric plants to support rural populations in Honduras
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Access to electricity is a challenge for a large part of the population of Honduras. In a country where the rural population is living in small, widely dispersed communities, the mountainous nature of the Central American Cordillera means there are limits to the extent of the electrical system. Since 2003 the Honduras Foundation for Agricultural Research (FHIA) has been confronting these difficulties, installing water system in small communities. However, these limits mean there is still plenty of room for improvement in these rudimentary systems. This paper presents an improvement and mathematical optimisation strategy for the traditional design methodology, which allows for the most effective use of available natural resources. The new methodology has been applied successfully in one pilot community. The advantages of it have been such that it has been implemented by the FHIA in order to be reproduced in future interventions.
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