With the rising need for utilizing renewable energy instead of traditional energies in electricity generation across the world, a broad assessment of these energies' performance is required to make the most of them everywhere. This paper looks at the techno-economics of renewable energy resources for a distant health clinic in a rural location of southern Iraq. Cost, dependability, and availability are the parameters that were considered in this study, which took into consider the power load in this scenario. Because of its efficacy, the particle swarm optimization (PSO) technique was chosen for the suggested study. Results showed that the respective optimal values for number of photovoltaics (NPV) equal to (10), number of wind turbines (NWT) equal to (5), and number of batteries (NBT) of (33), cost of energy (COE) of (0.518 US$/kWh), loss power supply probability (LPSP) of (0.073%), reliability (REL) of (99.927%) and renewable factors (RF) of (100%) with (66 %) solar energy penetration, and (34%) wind energy penetration. Finally, it was discovered that implementing a hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) is an effective way to address the electrical demands of remote rural regions in Iraq and other developing countries with similar climates.
Providing electricity to rural regions is difficult for developing countries, such as Iraq, particularly in remote parts without grid connections. The electrical demands of Zerbattiya, a community in southern Iraq near the Iranian border, are discussed in this paper. The proposed system includes wind turbines, solar panels, diesel engines, batteries, etc. This study suggests a techno-economic viable and optimal size for each component to generate electricity for this area. This research uses particle swarm optimization techniques (PSO). The best hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) design is achieved by balancing the lowest possible cost of energy (COE) with the lowest possible loss of power supply probability (LPSP) and the greatest possible reliability factor value. As a result of the findings, the respective ideal values of number of photovoltaics (NPV), number of wind turbines (NWT), number of diesel generator (NDG), number of batteries (NBT), COE, LPSP, and reliability are 138, 43, 2, 324, US$/KWh 0.129, 0.0508%, and 99.9492%, respectively. Finally, it was discovered that implementing a HRES is an effective way to address the electrical demands of remote rural regions in Iraq and other developing countries with similar climates.
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