APPLICATION OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES IN THE COTOPAXI PROVINCE, ECUADOR

The possibility to accessing to electricity consists in the usage of energies: Hydraulic, solar, wind, geothermal and biomass. These energies are capable of doing work; nowadays this energy is used for the operation of machines that are part of our everyday life and are useful for the economic development of our country and the wellness of its population. Although this should be considered a human right, unfortunately there are who in the so-called technological modernization lack this resource that is vital due to our country’s geographic situation. Currently this reality is being eliminated with the appearance of new resources of electric power generation that are consubstantial with the environment, it is so in the last twenty years are being implemented technologies to obtain electrical energy from other sources that the planet has. The objective of this work is to provide electrical energy by applying wind and solar energy to the population that does not have this service from the analysis and tabulation of the data obtained from the wind speed and the solar radiation. We have also evaluated the behaviour of demand, implemented small power plants and finally the measurement of the main electrical variables. In conclusion it is evident that this type of systems is applicable and above all profitable; as long as the places are separated and far from the electrical distribution system. Keywords— Renewable sources, Alternative energy, Electric generation, wind speed, solar radiation,