mermaid.initialize({ startOnLoad: true });</script><metacontent="Aron Petau"property=og:site_name><metacontent="BEACON - Aron Petau"property=og:title><metacontent=https://aron.petau.net/project/beacon/property=og:url><metacontent="Decentralizing the Energy Grid in inaccessible and remote regions"property=og:description><metacontent=https://aron.petau.net/processed_images/india_key_monastery.2e8d4e6455352baf.jpgproperty=og:image><metacontent=en_USproperty=og:locale><body><headerid=site-nav><nav><ahref=#main-contenttabindex=0> Skip to Main Content </a><ul><liid=home><ahref=https://aron.petau.net><iclass=icon></i>Aron Petau</a><liclass=divider><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/project/>Projects</a><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/pages/contact/>Contact</a><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/pages/cv/>CV</a><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/pages/about/>About</a><liid=search><buttonclass=circleid=search-toggletitle=Search><iclass=icon></i></button><liid=language-switcher><detailsclass=closable><summaryclass=circletitle=Language><iclass=icon></i></summary><ul><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net//de/project/beacon/lang=de>Deutsch</a></ul></details><liid=theme-switcher><detailsclass=closable><summaryclass=circletitle=Theme><iclass=icon></i></summary><ul><li><buttontitle="Switch to Light Theme"class=circleid=theme-light><iclass=icon></i></button><li><buttontitle="Switch to Dark Theme"class=circleid=theme-dark><iclass=icon></i></button><li><buttontitle="Use System Theme"class=circleid=theme-system><iclass=icon></i></button></ul></details><liid=feed><detailsclass=closable><summaryclass=circletitle=Feed><iclass=icon></i></summary><ul><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/rss.xml>RSS</a><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/atom.xml>Atom</a></ul></details><liid=repo><aclass=circlehref=https://forgejo.petau.net/aron/awebsitetitle=Repository><iclass=icon></i></a></ul></nav><divid=search-container><labelclass=visually-hiddenfor=search-bar>Search</label><inputplaceholder="Search for…"autocomplete=offdisabledid=search-bartype=search><divid=search-results-container><divid=search-results></div></div></div></header><mainid=main-content><article><divid=banner-container><imgclass=full-bleedid=bannersrc=https://aron.petau.net/project/beacon/india_key_monastery.jpg></div><divid=heading><p><small><timedatetime=" 2018-09-01T00:00:00+00:00">Published on September 01, 2018</time><span> • </span><timedatetime=" 2022-03-05T00:00:00+00:00">Updated on March 05, 2022</time></small><h1>BEACON</h1><p><small><span>By Aron Petau</span><span> • </span><span>9 minutes read</span><span> • </span></small><ulclass=tags><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/data-collection/>data collection</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/data-viz/>data viz</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/democratic/>democratic</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/electricity/>electricity</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/engineering/>engineering</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/energy/>energy</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/grid/>grid</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/himalaya/>himalaya</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/india/>india</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/iit-kharagpur/>iit kharagpur</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/python/>python</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/research/>research</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/scaling/>scaling</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/simulation/>simulation</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/solar/>solar</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/university-of-osnabruck/>university of osnabrück</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/decentral/>decentral</a></ul></div><divid=buttons-container><atitle="Go to Top"href=#topid=go-to-top><iclass=icon></i></a><ahre