AI-Enabled Renewable Energy Microgrids for Rural Electrification in South Africa

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The project involves deploying AI-managed renewable energy microgrids, specifically solar photovoltaic microgrids paired with battery storage, to provide cheaper, cleaner, and fairer electricity to rural South African communities where conventional grid expansion is costly and unreliable. The system uses AI techniques such as Long Short-Term Memory forecasting and reinforcement learning-based dispatch with fairness constraints to optimize energy management, reduce diesel use, and ensure equitable energy access.