Modelling of solar-wind hybrid renewable energy system architectures

Abstract

Solar and wind are the most promising among the renewable energy sources. The objective of this paper is to investigate the optimal techno-economically feasible model to mitigate a large scale demand in decentralized scenario. Solar, and wind energy potential in a hybrid scenario is closely assessed with an intermittent support from diesel generator and battery banks. Based on the general usage of appliances in a residential demand for 200 families that comprises of 1000 people a suitable load pattern is developed for this study. Demand in northern Europe predominantly constitutes of heating requirement in the form of water and space heating. The proposed model demonstrates convincing reliability in terms of techno-economical prospective. EnergyPRO, HOMER, and Balmorel software environments were used to simulate the models, results are assessed in the paper.