Professional Project: Alternative Energy Resources in Costa Rica

This professional project analyzes alternative energy resources, specifically focusing on the case of Costa Rica, a developing country that sources a significant portion of its electricity from renewable sources. The research explores various aspects, including energy efficiency methods, the integration of renewable energy with Artificial Intelligence, different renewable sources and technologies used, and the incorporation of optimal power flow with renewable energy like solar and wind. The project utilizes secondary data from journal articles and websites to address these research questions. The study aims to understand the strategies and technologies that have enabled Costa Rica to achieve a high percentage of renewable electricity and to provide insights applicable to other developing nations facing environmental and economic challenges. References from scholarly articles are provided to support the analysis. This project, contributed by a student, is available on Desklib, a platform offering AI-powered study tools for students.

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Topic: Analysis on alternative energy resources for the developing countries
Field of Research
As renewable energy comes in different forms and are used for human activities since
immemorial. The human race is ready to look for the renewable energy with new context. Since,
the demand of energy mainly comes from the developing countries, so to analyze the need of
renewable resource of energy in developing countries is very essential. This research mainly
deals with all such alternative resources of energy that are needed for development in Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is being considered as the first developing country having 100% of renewable
electricity from geothermal resources, wind resources and hydro power.
Variables
The variables that are used in this proposal is alternative energy resource.
Key Search terms
Energy Resources, Resources in Costa Rice, Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Secondary Data
Journal Article: Holm, D. (2016). Retrieved from
http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2016/ph240/thornton2/docs/ises-2005.pdf
Website Article: Centro Nacional de Control de Energia. (2018). Retrieved from
https://appcenter.grupoice.com/CenceWeb/CenceMain.jsf
Website Article: Costa Rica beats own record, relies solely on renewables for 94 days.
(2018). Retrieved from https://renewablesnow.com/news/costa-rica-beats-own-record-relies-
solely-on-renewables-for-94-days-488370/
Article: 4604.0 - Energy Account, Australia, 2015-16. (2018). Retrieved from
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4604.0Feature+Article12015-16
All the secondary data that will be collected for analyzing the research for alternative
energy for developing countries are to be taken from these two articles. The secondary sources
that are provided contains website article and a journal article.
Research Question
For carrying out this research paper for analyzing the importance of alternative energy on
developing countries, below stated are the research questions that will be analyzed.
1. What are the energy efficiency methods for Costa Rica developing countries?
2. What are the combined models using the renewable energy and the Artificial Intelligence
for Costa Rica?
3. What are the different kinds of renewable sources as well as technologies that are used in
development of Costa Rica?
4. How optimal power flow incorporated with Renewable Energy like solar, and wind for
Costa Rica?

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Scholarly Articles
From journal article Holm (2016), it can be learnt that renewable resources of energy and
the technologies are able to provide solutions to developing countries that faced environmental
and economic problems. Qurashi & Hussain, (2005), illustrated that there are many technologies
that are available for improvement in developing countries.

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References
Holm, D., & Arch, D. (2013). Renewable energy future for the developing world. Trans. Renew.
Energy Syst.
Hsu, A., Rosengarten, C., Weinfurter, A., Xie, Y., Musolino, E., & Murdock, H. E. (2017).
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Developing Countries: Contributions to
Reducing Global Emissions-Third Report.
Qurashi, M. M., & Hussain, T. (2005). Renewable energy technologies for developing countries:
Now and to 2023.
Ramakumar, R., & Hughes, W. L. (1981). Renewable energy sources and rural development in
developing countries. IEEE Transactions on Education, 24(3), 242-251.
Vandaele, N., & Porter, W. (2015). Renewable energy in developing and developed nations:
Outlooks to 2040. Journal of Undergraduate Research, 15(3), 1-7.