PROMISING ENERGY SOURCES FOR MICROGRIDS OF RURAL POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
The paper analyzes ways to modernize the electric power infrastructure of rural facilities by designing intelligent power supply systems in the form of microgrids using several renewable sources of electricity. The study analyzes promising sources of electric energy in Russia and abroad, assesses the possibility of using each renewable source in the design of microgrids that form part of rural power supply systems. The authors propose an approach to design power supply microgrids for rural facilities based on renewable energy sources by using special equipment and devices - multicontact switching systems. The authors offer a list of measures that will allow designing power supply systems for rural consumers based on microgrids using renewable energy sources with high indicators of efficiency, reliability and quality of power supply for rural consumers.