Optimal planning and design of a renewable energy based supply system for microgrids

RENEWABLE ENERGY

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Article

Hafez, Omar¹  Bhattacharya, Kankar¹ 

[1] Univ Waterloo, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

关键词: Microgrid;    Renewable energy;    System planning;    HOMER;    Environmental emissions;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.renene.2012.01.087

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Renewable energy sources are gradually being recognized as important options in supply side planning for microgrids. This paper focuses on the optimal design, planning, sizing and operation of a hybrid, renewable energy based microgrid with the goal of minimizing the lifecycle cost, while taking into account environmental emissions. Four different cases including a diesel-only, a fully renewable-based. a diesel-renewable mixed, and an external grid-connected microgrid configurations are designed, to compare and evaluate their economics, operational performance and environmental emissions. Analysis is also carried out to determine the break-even economics for a grid-connected microgrid. The well-known energy modeling software for hybrid renewable energy systems, HOMER is used in the studies reported in this paper. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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