Proposal for the energy project in the Institution Ethnoeducativa Rural Internado de Nazareth Propuesta para el proyecto energético en la Institución Etnoeducativa Rural Internado de Nazareth

Abstract

This article describes an analysis of the current state of the energy supply of the Institución Etnoeducativa Rural Internado de Nazareth, in the High Guajira. For being a boarding school and the large number of people it must maintain daily, the current public energy service is insufficient and limits the development of the personal, academic and administrative activities of the community.

It’s evident the possibility of implementing a solution based on renewable energies, which offers a supply of energy throughout the day, and not just a few hours as is currently done, and which constitutes an adequate solution for a population with a high level of poverty and institutional weakness, added to conditions of extreme drought. Therefore, this document aims to become a reference that motivates the development of solutions from the energy point of view for the area of Alta Guajira

The proposed design finally involves hybrid solutions that combine photovoltaic solar energy, with a diesel power plant present in the boarding school, allowing an exploitation of existing resources, or a solution that replaces the power plant with a wind turbine for the exclusive use of clean energies.