Optimal configuration of PV-Wind turbine-grid-battery in low potency energy resources

Abstract

As an increasing of load demand, scarcity of fossil fuel and green house effect, utilization of renewable energy resources such as solar and wind energy are done seriously. The problem rises when potency of them is far smaller than load demand and the high difference between wind velocity profile and solar radiant intensity and load profile is happened. Its make excess electricity to be higher so the electrical production cost to be higher too. The purpose of this research is designing optimal configuration of microgrid PV-Wind turbine-Grid-Battery through optimization of load capacity to reduce excess electricity. Some parameters of optimal configuration are used to evaluate them, namely electrical production cost, reliability, CO2 coming from life cycle assessment, area of installation and unemployment reduction. Software HOMER version 2.68 Beta from NREL is used to simulate alternative configuration of microgrid. The results show that distribution total load into some sub-microgrids gives the positive impact, namely smaller electrical production cost, higher reliability, minimum CO2, relative smaller area of installation and unemployment reduction.