Techno-economic and environmental impacts of hybrid generation to supply a load in Visakhapatnam

摘要

A standalone power generating system is proposed and a thorough cost analysis is carried out to supply power in a coastal area near Visakhapatnam. The system comprises of Photovoltaic (PV), wind, diesel generator system taking absolutely no aid from the grid. By varying the number of PV cells, wind generating units, diesel generators etc. in the simulation environment, optimum sizing is carried out to obtain the size of generation units, matching the needs of the community demand profile. The optimization showed that cost per unit of energy up to 0.218(US$) can be achieved along with a huge reduction in pollutant emissions. The “Homer” software (v 2.68) is used in the simulation.