Introduction of Concentrating Solar Power based on the use of parabolic trough mirrors in the evaluation of the moroccan power grid adequacy

Author

Oukili, Mohamed ; Zouggar, S. ; Seddik, M. ; Kadda, F.Z. ; El hafyani, M. ; Ouchbel, T. ; Vallee, F.

Author_Institution

Lab. of Electr. Eng. & Maintenance (LGEM), EST- Mohammed first Univ., Oujda, Morocco

fYear

2013

fDate

7-9 March 2013

Firstpage

373

Lastpage

378

Abstract

The integration in the Moroccan power grid of electrical power via Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) units using parabolic mirrors is expected to have a significant impact on the reliability of the electrical system. Therefore, the objective of this work is firstly to assess the reliability of the Moroccan grid at hierarchical level HL1 (HL1: load covering under the assumption of infinite node) by use of a non-sequential Monte Carlo simulation in which CSP units are introduced. The second goal of this paper is to assess the reliability of the Moroccan grid with an expected common integration of 14% wind and 14% solar energy.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; power grids; power system reliability; solar power; wind power; CSP units; Moroccan power grid adequacy; concentrating solar power; electrical power; nonsequential Monte Carlo simulation; parabolic trough mirrors; reliability; solar energy; wind energy; Heating; Mirrors; Optical losses; Reliability; CSP energy; Reliability; Renewable Energy; photovoltaic energy; wind energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC), 2013 International

Conference_Location

Ouarzazate

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6373-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529636

Filename

6529636