Prospección de energías alternativas y tecnologías limpias, para aumentar la confiabilidad de la energía eléctrica en el cantón Quinsaloma en la provincia de Los Ríos.

Abstract

The present research seeks to obtain renewable energy sources in the canton Quinsaloma provinces of Los Ríos. When the Quinsaloma canton is located in the foothills of the Andes mountain range and the beginnings of the flat region of the Ecuadorian coast, its geography is combined with its agricultural wealth, giving it the possibility of extracting electric energy from different sources.

The analysis of this report will look for different options with energy potential such as water and biomass. Being a canton with less than twenty thousand inhabitants, energy solutions will be within the range of small and medium-sized power generators, seeking not only the technical benefit but also the economic viability.

The study initially proposes the methodology that will be applied to the following chapters according to the development of the same, next, those sources with energy potential are exposed that are not far from the cantonal head, this to reduce the cost in feeders and lines of transmission, next step the electric power generated is contrasted against only the demand of the canton and finally proceeds with the economic analysis of the generating plants, distribution and necessary substations.