Techno-economic Design and Assessment of Grid-Isolated Hybrid Renewable Energy System for Agriculture Sector

M. R. Elkadeem, Shaorong Wang, Eman G. Atia, M. B. Shafik, Swellam W. Sharshir, Zia Ullah, Hongkun Chen

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Abstract

The development and growth in renewable technologies, practically photovoltaic (PV) arrays and wind turbines (WT) have the key role to achieve the worldwide goal towards sustainable energy systems. Hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) can provide safe, eco-friendly and economic solutions for supplying the electrical load demand. This paper developed an autonomous HRES comprising PV, WT, diesel generator, battery, and converter technologies for electrification of an agriculture-isolated area, in Sudan as a real case study. Techno-economic optimization analysis for different hybridization scenarios is performed with a main target to find the most feasible configuration with least cost and harmful emission impact considering technical, economic and environmental perspectives with aid of HOMER Pro software. The results indicate that PV/WT/diesel/battery show the most feasible solution for supplying the investigated area. The system potentially gets the minimum net present cost (NPC) and cost of energy (COE) of 17.6 M and 0.283 kWh, respectively. In addition, the proposed optimal system achieves around 93.77% reduction in CO2 emissions as well as 94.14% saving in fuel consumption compared to the diesel-based energy system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 14th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1562-1568
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781538694909
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event14th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2019 - Xi'an, China
Duration: 19 Jun 201921 Jun 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 14th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2019

Conference

Conference14th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXi'an
Period19/06/1921/06/19

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.

Keywords

  • HOMER PRO
  • Hybrid renewable energy resources
  • Photovoltaic
  • Techno-economic analysis
  • Wind turbine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Control and Optimization
  • Instrumentation

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