Optimal design of hybrid renewable energy system for electrification of a remote village in Egypt

Stand-alone hybrid renewable energy systems are used to supply the electricity demand for remote areas. Design of a hybrid renewable energy system is a site specific and it depends upon the renewable resources available and load demand profile. This paper describes design, simulation and feasibility study of a PV-wind-battery and diesel hybrid system for electrification of a remote village in EGYPT. Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewable (HOMER) is used for simulation of the proposed system and for components sizing optimization. In the optimization process, HOMER simulates every system configuration in the search space and the system with the least total Net Present Cost (NPC) is chosen as the optimum system.