Feasibility Study of Grid Connected PV-Biomass Integrated Energy System in Egypt

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present a feasibility study of a grid connected photovoltaic (PV) and biomass Integrated renewable energy (IRE) system providing electricity to rural areas in the Beni Suef governorate, Egypt. The system load of the village is analyzed through the environmental and economic aspects. The model has been designed to provide an optimal system configuration based on daily data for energy availability and demands. A case study area, Monshaet Taher village (29° 1′ 17.0718”N, 30° 52′ 17.04”E) is identified for economic feasibility in this paper. HOMER optimization model plan imputed from total daily load demand, 2,340 kWh/day for current energy consuming of 223 households with Annual Average Insolation Incident on a Horizontal Surface of 5.79 (kWh/m2/day) and average biomass supplying 25 tons / day. It is found that a grid connected PV-biomass IRE system is an effective way of emissions reduction and it does not increase the investment of the energy system.

Techno-economic feasibility assessment of a solar-biomass-diesel energy system for a remote rural health facility in Nigeria

“…In other to achieve this, HOMER combines capital cost, fuel cost, Operation and Maintenance (O and M) cost and replacement cost at the buildup of the project. The important trade-off is the capital versus operating cost that shows that renewables have high capital cost but low operating cost while diesel have low capital cost but high operating cost (Barakat et al 2016;Givler and Lilienthal 2005).…”

“…The amount of agricultural residue generated annually in tons, G A can be obtained from (Barakat et al 2016)…”

“…Where A P is the annual production in tons and CRR is the crop residue ratio Therefore to obtain the annual availability residue in tons (Barakat et al 2016) A A = G A × 60% (9) Therefor the annual dry residue DA is given by (Barakat et al 2016)…”

“…Where MC is the moisture content of the residue and the total energy ig given by (Barakat et al 2016)…”

A Multi-Criteria Decision Maker for Grid-Connected Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Selection Using Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization

“…Reference [13] carried out resource assessments using similar approaches in Nigeria, a case study in SSA. Literature [14] carried out an assessment of grid-connected PV and Biomass energy system to provide electricity for rural communities in Egypt. The results obtained revealed that the hybrid renewable energy system proves efficient for emissions and cost reductions.…”