Reliability assessment and feasibility study for an industrial facility with the integration of hybrid renewable energy system

Abstract

This paper proposed a hybrid energy system containing diesel generators, photovoltaic cells and wind turbines, along with storage devices, to supply a continuous load of an industrial facility. The main objective of the paper is to determine the optimal size of the hybrid scheme with the lowest Net Present Value (NPC), and the reliability indices for the proposed system. The overall optimized results from the study had a renewable penetration of 36%, which resulted in reduction of the emission of CO2 by 31.5% from the conventional - diesel generator only-system. ETAP Software was used for the reliability assessment. In addition, the well-known energy modeling software for renewable energy based hybrid power systems; HOMER was used to study the economic feasibility and to simulate the suggested design.