Smart Small-Scale Grid Sharing System for Renewable Energy Surplus Usage in Lebanon

Abstract

Lebanon has made a huge leap in the last few months regarding the installation of renewable energy systems, especially solar photovoltaic systems. But in the absence of adequate infrastructure for an on grid system that absorbs the surplus production of these individual systems, a lot of energy is going to waste while other energy-consuming units are lacking of energy even for their most basic needs because of the fuel shortage and economic crisis. The “Small-Scale Grid Sharing System” will allow these units to benefit from the surplus generated by the producing units, and power general interest services that were unavailable during the power shortage, without extra costs or within a very tight budget. This is a low cost and easy solution adapted to the Lebanese situation regarding power management and efficiency at the small community scale, which lead to it being implemented in some small and medium scale solar systems in the Bekaa region in Lebanon.