Nakamoto-ctrl/eo-microgrid-siting-sierraleone

EO-Driven Multi-Objective Microgrid Siting for Rural Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cloud-Based AI Framework with Application to Sierra Leone # EO-Driven Multi-Objective Microgrid Siting — Sierra Leone **Pre-proposal analysis notebook for the ESA African Research Fellowship 2026** > *Theme: Energy and Natural Resource Management — EO AFRICA Initiative* --- ## Overview This repository contains the analysis notebook and supporting materials for a proposed ESA African Research Fellowship (ARF 2026) project that fuses multi-source satellite Earth Observation data into a multi-objective MILP optimiser to rank candidate solar microgrid sites for rural electrification in Sierra Leone. **Core research question:** *Can a cloud-native EO-AI pipeline replace costly field surveys and produce decision-ready, ranked microgrid siting recommendations with uncertainty quantification?* --- ## Proposal Figures | Figure | Title | Data source | |--------|-------|-------------| | Fig 1 | The Challenge — Sierra Leone Energy Access Gap | World Bank WDI | | Fig 2 | The Opportunity — Solar Resource & Priority Zones | PVGIS v5.2 JRC + VIIRS NTL | | Fig 3 | The Approach — EO-AI Methodology Pipeline | Conceptual | | Fig 4 | The Plan — 12-Month Work Plan (ESRIN Fellowship) | Proposed | --- ## EO Data Stack | Satellite | Product | Resolution | Role | |-----------|---------|------------|------| | Sentinel-2 MSI | Level-2A | 10 m | Settlement & land-cover mapping | | Sentinel-1 SAR | GRD | 10 m | Flood risk & terrain roughness | | VIIRS DNB | NTL annual composite | 500 m | Electrification proxy & demand model | | PVGIS / CAMS | Solar irradiance TS | 5 km | PV yield estimation | | ERA5 | Climate reanalysis | 31 km | Demand-side temperature/wind model | | WorldPop | Population grid | 100 m | Demand proxy | --- ## Repository Structure ``` . ├── eo_microgrid_sierraleone.ipynb # Main analysis notebook (31 cells) ├── results/ │ ├── data/ # Processed CSVs │ └── reports/ # Key statistics & facts ├── EO.docx # Research framing notes └── README.md ``` --- ## …