Title :
The Alaska Energy Authority PV-diesel hybrid assessment and design program
Author :
Durand, Steven J. ; Bower, Ward ; Chapman, Rick ; Smith, Gary
Author_Institution :
SW Technol. Dev. Inst., Las Cruces, NM, USA
Abstract :
A project to investigate the feasibility of using photovoltaic-diesel (PV-diesel) hybrid power systems in small villages in Alaska was started in 1989. Data acquisition systems (DASs) were designed and installed in selected villages to obtain resource and load information. The DAS is described, and village electrical and resource data are presented. Simulations were run using the collected village data and actual cost data provided by the Alaska Energy Authority. Results of the simulations and the economic analysis are presented
Keywords :
data acquisition; diesel-electric generators; economics; photovoltaic power systems; Alaska Energy Authority; PV-diesel hybrid assessment; data acquisition systems; economic analysis; hybrid power systems; small villages; Costs; Data acquisition; Fuels; Hybrid power systems; Photovoltaic systems; Power system economics; Power system modeling; Power system simulation; Rivers; Solar power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the Twenty Second IEEE
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-636-5
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.1991.169290
