Wind Speed Assessment and Techno-Economic Analysis of a Community Microgrid in Warm and Humid Climate Zone of India

Abstract

In this paper, wind speed assessment of a wind site located in BELAGAVI under warm humid climatic zone is proposed. Weibull and Rayleigh models were used for the statistical analysis and typical meteorological year (TMY) data was considered. Rayleigh model was found to be suitable compared to Weibull model for BELAGAVI site. The techno-economic analysis of a community microgrid in the same location was carried out considering hybrid renewable energy system for grid connected and off grid system. Promising results were obtained in terms of model and cost.