Feasibility study of a grid connected hybrid wind/PV system

Author

Al-Masri, Hussein ; Amoura, Fathi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

10-13 June 2015

Firstpage

2194

Lastpage

2199

Abstract

This paper investigates the feasibility of a grid connected, large-scale hybrid wind/PV system. From data available an area called Ras Elnaqab in Jordan is chosen because it enjoys both high average wind speed of 6.13 m/s and high average solar radiation of 5.9KWhr/m²/day. MATLAB and HOMER softwares are used for sizing and economical analysis respectively. Results show that 76124 SUNTECH PV panels and 38 GW87-1.5MW wind turbines are the optimal choice. The net present cost (NPC) is 130,115,936$, the cost of energy (COE) is 0.049$/KWhr with a renewable fraction of 74.1%. A step-by-step process to determine the optimal sizing of Hybrid Wind/PV system is presented and it can be applied anywhere.

Keywords

hybrid power systems; photovoltaic power systems; power generation economics; solar radiation; wind power plants; wind turbines; HOMER softwares; MATLAB softwares; SUNTECH PV panels; economical analysis; hybrid wind-PV system; net present cost; power 1.5 MW; power grids; renewable fraction; solar radiation; wind turbines; Maintenance engineering; Production; Radio frequency; Renewable energy sources; Wind farms; Wind speed; Wind turbines; Hybrid wind/PV power system; feasibility study;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC), 2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7992-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EEEIC.2015.7165520

Filename

7165520