I am completing a PhD examining the viability of powering regional and remote communities with distributed renewable energy. My project considers technical, financial, social and environmental factors and develops a methodology to determine whether renewable energy use is suitable in a diverse range of communities. In doing so it ascertains which technology source(s) and system configuration are most suitable, and why.
My PhD is being completed at the University of Queensland through the School of Agriculture and Food Sciences in collaboration with the School of Economics (EEMG) & the Global Change Institute.
http://www.uq.edu.au/eemg/
http://gci.uq.edu.au/
http://www.uq.edu.au/agriculture/