The State of the Art for Application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Succeed SDG 7 in Africa and Advance Smart Grids at Times of Faults Outbreaks

A strategic blueprint for world peace and prosperity was approved by all of the United Nations' members. These 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a call to action for all nations, regardless of their economic standing. The primary focus of this paper is SDG7, which calls for access to affordable and clean energy. Artificial intelligence (AI), is one of the emerging technologies to be utilized. Fuzzy logic (FL), artificial neural networks (ANNs), particle swarm optimization (PSO), and artificial bee colony (ABC) are some of the AI techniques that have advanced engineering. In today's smart grid (SG), these techniques offer strong tools for design, simulation and fault control. Despite this, many developing nations, particularly those in the sub-Saharan Africa region, lack clean energy. This paper simulates a hybrid inverter-based system and reviews the application of AI to enhance the performance of smart grids to succeed in SDG7. Results show that heuristic approaches have performed effectively.