Electrical Characterization and Visibility Study of a Diesel -PV-Wind Hybrid Power System with the Addition of Storage Devices for a Remote Area

摘要

This paper proposed a hybrid energy system containing wind, photovoltaic and diesel generators, with the introduction of storage system, to provide the required demand for a continual electric load for a remote area in Saudi Arabia. The main purpose of this paper is to decide the ideal size of the hybrid system with storage devices which have the most reduced Net Present Value (NPC), and set it side by side with the system without storage devices. The general enhanced outcomes from the investigation had a renewable energy penetration of 39%, which results in reduction of CO_2 emission by 8.95% from the traditional - without batteries-system. Moreover, the proposed system with batteries had a reduction in the overall NPC by 12%. The widely known simulator for sustainable power source-based systems; HOMER was utilized to contemplate the financial viability and to construct the proposed designed system.