| Project/Area Number |
21K17930
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 64060:Environmental policy and social systems-related
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
Pandyaswargo Andante Hadi 早稲田大学, 理工学術院(環境・エネルギー研究科・環境総合研究センター), 客員次席研究員(研究院客員講師) (10826093)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
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| Keywords | renewable energy / sustainable development / social assessment / off-grid electrification / smart community / developing countries / artificial intelligence / sustainability / Sustainability / social analysis / battery / SWOT / electric vehicle / southeast asia |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
Many renewable energy based energy systems for off-grid communities are facing sustainability challenges. We would identify those challenges through literatures, field surveys, and interviews and use them to formulate a guideline that can assist to improve its appropriateness and sustainability.
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In the first year of this project, we developed, distributed, and collected surveys in off-grid communities. We also have developed a method to assess the socio-techno-economic aspects of communities to build a sustainable energy system. These milestones were achieved earlier than planned despite the pandemic due to the effective international collaboration with institutions abroad.
Due to the accelerated progress, we effectively used the 2nd year of the study to replicate the method in different environmental settings. Furthermore, as the ultimate aim of this project was to establish a foundation of a smart community, we have initiated some review studies on the artificial intelligence (AI) topic. Results of this study have been published in international peer-reviewed journals, presented at domestic and international conferences, and awarded at the international conferences. The AI topic will be continued in a following kakenhi project that the Principal Investigator has secured.
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
A sustainable system must be responsive to people's values. This study have provided key policy recommendations and developed a tool for practicitoners and decision makers to assess the social, economic, and technical aspects of a community to establish a sustainable off-grid electrification system.
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