Wunna Swe

The realization of a sustainable energy transition in Southeast Asia will require the overcoming of the current high reliance on fossil fuels in the energy mix and the steady and rapid growth in energy demand in the region. To achieve an economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable energy transition in the region, it is vital to utilize...

The increased use of renewable energy is imperative as a countermeasure to climate change. As with conventional electricity generation technologies, public acceptance of renewables is an important issue, and willingness to pay (WTP) is a widely used indicator to assess such public attitudes. Unfortunately, the literature to date mostly covers devel...

The electrification rate of Myanmar is about 40 percent and its improvement is an urgent matter. The Sustainable Development Goal 7 recognizes the importance of energy access and calls for a solution to the Government of Myanmar’s plans to reach 100 percent electrification by 2030. To achieve this ambitious plan, both centralized (main-grid extensi...

The main aim of this paper is to design the heliostat field layout of solar thermal generation for a concentrated solar tower powerplant, based on the central power tower technology. In this design, the radial staggered pattern is proposed to reduce shadowingand blocking losses. The radial stagger arrangement is the most efficient for a given land...

The characteristics of power produced from photovoltaic (PV) is based on the weather condition. It is very unreliable in itself without sufficient capacity storage devices like batteries or back-up system like conventional engine generators. Sufficient battery bank capacity is required to provide power to the load in extended cloudy days. But, the...

Nowadays, due to the ever increasing demand of electricity and the rise of environmental concerns, renewable energies are becoming the best option for electrification especially for rural electrification. The biggest problem of wider use of renewable energy sources is energy storage. This research deals with the pumping storage system analysis....

This paper presents the coordinated controller design of static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) and power system stabilizers (PSSs) for power system stability improvement. Coordinated design problem of STATCOM-based controller with multiple PSSs is formulated as an optimization problem and optimal controller parameters are obtained using bacteria...