uGrid: Reliable Minigrid Design and Planning Toolset for Rural Electrification
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Introduces uGrid, an open-source minigrid design and planning toolset created with minigrid developers to support rural electrification. Integrates equipment sizing and resource allocation with uGridNet for distribution network layout and reliability cost?benefit analysis, including clustering-based pole placement, network reduction, and N-1 line-loss reliability evaluation. Demonstrates the toolset via a case study in Ha Makebe village (Lesotho), illustrating cost?reliability tradeoffs and how network layouts change across reliability targets.
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AB - Introduces uGrid, an open-source minigrid design and planning toolset created with minigrid developers to support rural electrification. Integrates equipment sizing and resource allocation with uGridNet for distribution network layout and reliability cost–benefit analysis, including clustering-based pole placement, network reduction, and N-1 line-loss reliability evaluation. Demonstrates the toolset via a case study in Ha Makebe village (Lesotho), illustrating cost–reliability tradeoffs and how network layouts change across reliability targets.
AU - Cicilio, Phylicia
A2 - Orosz, Matthew
A3 - Mueller, Amy
A4 - Cotilla-Sanchez, Eduardo
DB - C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO -
KW - Solar
KW - Photovoltaics
KW - PV
KW - Battery energy storage
KW - Diesel generators
KW - Other liquid-fuel generators
KW - Power electronics and inverters
KW - Power electronics
KW - Inverters
KW - Planning and design
KW - Planning
KW - Design
KW - Financing
KW - Business models
KW - Standards
KW - Interconnection
KW - Protection
KW - Resilience
KW - Extreme weather
LA - English
DA - 2019/11/11
PY - 2019
PB - Oregon State University
T1 - uGrid: Reliable Minigrid Design and Planning Toolset for Rural Electrification
UR - https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/180
ER -
Cicilio, Phylicia, et al. uGrid: Reliable Minigrid Design and Planning Toolset for Rural Electrification. Oregon State University, 11 November, 2019, C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/180.
Cicilio, P., Orosz, M., Mueller, A., & Cotilla-Sanchez, E. (2019). uGrid: Reliable Minigrid Design and Planning Toolset for Rural Electrification. [Data set]. C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. Oregon State University. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/180
Cicilio, Phylicia, Matthew Orosz, Amy Mueller, and Eduardo Cotilla-Sanchez. uGrid: Reliable Minigrid Design and Planning Toolset for Rural Electrification. Oregon State University, November, 11, 2019. Distributed by C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/180
@misc{CMIX_Dataset_180,
title = {uGrid: Reliable Minigrid Design and Planning Toolset for Rural Electrification},
author = {Cicilio, Phylicia and Orosz, Matthew and Mueller, Amy and Cotilla-Sanchez, Eduardo},
abstractNote = {Introduces uGrid, an open-source minigrid design and planning toolset created with minigrid developers to support rural electrification. Integrates equipment sizing and resource allocation with uGridNet for distribution network layout and reliability cost?benefit analysis, including clustering-based pole placement, network reduction, and N-1 line-loss reliability evaluation. Demonstrates the toolset via a case study in Ha Makebe village (Lesotho), illustrating cost?reliability tradeoffs and how network layouts change across reliability targets.},
url = {https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/180},
year = {2019},
howpublished = {C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange, Oregon State University, https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/180},
note = {Accessed: 2026-06-18}
}
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Data from Nov 11, 2019
Last updated Mar 30, 2026
Submitted Jun 2, 2026
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Oregon State University
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Phylicia Cicilio
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Solar, Photovoltaics, PV, Battery energy storage, Diesel generators, Other liquid-fuel generators, Power electronics and inverters, Power electronics, Inverters, Planning and design, Planning, Design, Financing, Business models, Standards, Interconnection, Protection, Resilience, Extreme weather