Planned Renewable Energy Usage during Power Outage

Abstract

Stable power plant operation is the only way to ensure daily production of electricity. However, this operation is highly prone to breakdowns that often lead to a power outage known as a power failure. Another disadvantage of this operation is its significant contribution to environmental pollution in its consumption of fossil fuels. To avoid these problems, this study investigates ways to integrate renewable energy sources (RESs) to a combined-cycle power plant in the Philippines through matrix laboratory (MATLAB) simscape simulations.Results show that MATLAB simulations obtain a 90% level of acceptance in terms of power, voltage, and current outputs generated from the wind solar farm system simscape model with the use of data in the Philippine setting. These observations prove that the more RESs are combined and incorporated in a simscape model, the more energy set to replace power loss during a power outage will be harnessed.