Assessment of technical and economic feasibility for a hybrid PV-wind-diesel-battery energy system in a remote community of north central Nigeria

Salisu, Sani; Mustafa, Mohd Wazir; Olatomiwa, Lanre; Mohammed, Olatunji Obalowu

doi:10.1016/j.aej.2019.09.013

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“…Where the total annualized cost ($/year) is denoted by TAC, N denotes the project lifetime (year), and i refers to the yearly real discount rate (%). The capital recovery factor (CRF) is defined in [42] as related to both N and i as given below:…”

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Feasibility Study and Comparative Analysis of Hybrid Renewable Power System for off-Grid Rural Electrification in a Typical Remote Village Located in Nigeria

2020

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The introduction of a decentralized energy system in remote rural areas with limited or no access to power supply can improve the quality of life of people living in these areas. Renewable energy technology can play a key role in electricity generation, as grid expansion is not a cost-effective option. In this study, we focused on the techno-economic feasibility and optimal design of a hybrid micro-hydro-photovoltaic-diesel-battery-wind power system designed to electrify a typical remote village located in the southern part of Nigeria. We aimed at achieving the electrification at minimal cost while taking into cognizance the constraints of environmental pollutant emission. In this study, the technical details, as well as the economic feasibility of setting up such a power system, were determined using the hybrid optimization of multiple energy resources (HOMER) simulation tool. Different combinations of energy resources including solar, wind, hydro, and diesel were compared and analyzed. The system performance and economics using some determinant factors such as the cost of energy, operation, and maintenance cost, net present cost, excess electricity, capacity shortage, generator fuel consumption rates, and cost, load fulfillment, and CO2 and other pollutant gas emission savings were determined. The experimental results and the comparative analysis revealed that a hybrid hydro/PV/wind/diesel/battery system was the most ideal and preferred option for off-grid rural electrification. The simulation results also indicated that the optimal system had a net present cost (NPC) and cost of energy (COE) of $1.01 m and $0.106/kWh, respectively, with a renewable fraction of 77.4% and environmental pollutant emission of 228,945 kg/year. This system was found to be environmentally friendly as it emitted the least pollutant gas among all the considered configurations. Bearing in mind the recent advocacy towards the actualization of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 7, this work was found to be in alignment with the tenet of "Affordable and Clean Energy." INDEX TERMS Renewable energy, hybrid power system, net present cost, off-grid, techno-economic optimization, HOMER analysis tool.

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Feasibility Study and Comparative Analysis of Hybrid Renewable Power System for off-Grid Rural Electrification in a Typical Remote Village Located in Nigeria

2020

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“…A feasibility study of off-grid WND-PV-DSL-BAT and WND-PV-BAT for Nooriabad in Pakistan (Rehman et al., 2016) suggested two options with 84% and 100% RF at COEs of 0.45 and 0.733 US$/kWh to satisfy the required load of the community. Salisu et al. (2019) conducted the techno-economic and environmental analysis based on minimum COE and maximum RF for proposing a WND-PV-DSL-BAT HPS for Giri village, Nigeria.…”

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Hybrid power systems – Sizes, efficiencies, and economics

Rehman

2020

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In the context of electricity generation in the oil and gas producing countries, it has become implicit to develop new, clean, and renewable sources of energy to supplement the fossil fuel based power generation. With this single aim, one can hit two targets, conservation of fixed fossil fuel resources and combat the adverse climatic changes to safeguard our planet. In regional context, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, wind power, geothermal, and hydro power are alternative sources for power mitigation. Of these renewables, wind, solar photovoltaic (PV), diesel, and energy storage in hybrid combinations are the possible ways to supply continuous energy for all sizes of applications. This paper provides a review of the existing hybrid power systems and the theoretical studies around the globe in varied climatological conditions to identify the best combinations of hybrid systems for Saudi Arabia to supplement the existing energy portfolio. The wind/solar-pv, wind/solar-pv/diesel, and solar-pv/diesel with and without battery backup are most commonly used systems with respective popularity of 28, 22, and 21%. Among users, remote communities are the highest while islands and communication towers are the next common applications. Average costs of energy of wind/solar-pv, wind/solar-pv/diesel, and solar-pv/diesel are around 0.458, 0.355, and 0.349 US$/kWh.

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“…Linear programming [23], excel-based [21], HOMER [24 -25], RETScreen [26], LINGO [27] and artificial intelligence [28], are frequently employed tools used in hybrid system analyses. Salisu et al [29], highlighted the importance of a solar PV-wind-diesel-battery storage hybrid system in Nigeria and identified Giri village as the best location for their study. They used HOMER optimization tool to determine the Net Present Cost (NPC), Cost of Energy (COE) and Renewable Fraction (RF) of the proposed hybrid system [29].…”

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“…Salisu et al [29], highlighted the importance of a solar PV-wind-diesel-battery storage hybrid system in Nigeria and identified Giri village as the best location for their study. They used HOMER optimization tool to determine the Net Present Cost (NPC), Cost of Energy (COE) and Renewable Fraction (RF) of the proposed hybrid system [29]. Elkadeem et al, modelled a system to determine the NPC, COE and reduction in carbon dioxide emissions for Sudan [30].…”

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Prospects of Hybrid Renewable Energy-Based Power System: A Case Study, Post Analysis of Chipendeke Micro-Hydro, Zimbabwe

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Fossil fuel-based energy sources are the major contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emission and thus the use of renewable energy (RE) is becoming the best alternative to cater for the increasing energy demand in both developing and developed nations. Chipendeke is a rural community in Zimbabwe, in which electricity demand is partially served by the only micro-hydro plant and hence, load shedding is a regular practice to keep essential services running. This study explored suitable opportunity to identify a feasible system with different energy sources that can fullfil the current and projected future load demand of the community. A techno-economic feasibility study for a hybrid RE based power system (REPS) is examined considering various energy sources and cost functions. Six different system configurations have been designed with different sizing combinations to identify the most optimum solution for the locality considering techno-economic and environmental viability. The performance metrics considered to evaluate the best suitable model are; Net Present Cost (NPC), Cost of Energy (COE), Renewable Fraction (RF), excess energy and seasonal load variations. In-depth, sensitivity analyses have been performed to investigate the variations of the studied models with a little variation of input variables. Of the studied configurations, an off-grid hybrid Hydro/PV/DG/Battery system was found to be the most economically feasible compared to other configurations.

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Assessment of technical and economic feasibility for a hybrid PV-wind-diesel-battery energy system in a remote community of north central Nigeria

Cited by 103 publications

References 52 publications

Feasibility Study and Comparative Analysis of Hybrid Renewable Power System for off-Grid Rural Electrification in a Typical Remote Village Located in Nigeria

Feasibility Study and Comparative Analysis of Hybrid Renewable Power System for off-Grid Rural Electrification in a Typical Remote Village Located in Nigeria

Hybrid power systems – Sizes, efficiencies, and economics

Prospects of Hybrid Renewable Energy-Based Power System: A Case Study, Post Analysis of Chipendeke Micro-Hydro, Zimbabwe

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