Techno-economic analysis of off-grid solar/wind/biogas/biomass/fuel cell/battery system for electrification in a cluster of villages by HOMER software

Vendoti, Suresh; Muralidhar, M.; Kiranmayi, R.

doi:10.1007/s10668-019-00583-2

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“…There are several renewable energy models available to perform different analyses. Among the options, Homer energy software has been considered as a powerful tool to perform techno‐economic feasibility analyses of solar and other renewable energy sources 30‐32 . The model, developed by the United States National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in 1993, can simulate, optimize, and conduct sensitivity analysis of renewable energy sources connected to the grid 32 .…”

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“…Among the options, Homer energy software has been considered as a powerful tool to perform techno‐economic feasibility analyses of solar and other renewable energy sources 30‐32 . The model, developed by the United States National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in 1993, can simulate, optimize, and conduct sensitivity analysis of renewable energy sources connected to the grid 32 . The software can as well analyze the microgrid behavior and estimate the economic lifetime costs of DG systems 31 .…”

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“…[30][31][32] The model, developed by the United States National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in 1993, can simulate, optimize, and conduct sensitivity analysis of renewable energy sources connected to the grid. 32 The software can as well analyze the microgrid behavior and estimate the economic lifetime costs of DG systems. 31 All equations are built within the software; thus, the user only needs to input the design data, radiation levels, wind speed, and economic data such as costs, inflation, and discount rates.…”

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Techno‐economic feasibility study on electric vehicle and renewable energy integration: A case study

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This work simulated the economic viability of electric vehicles (EVs) and renewable energy charging integration at a university campus. Homer energy simulation software was used to determine the optimal solution for the power loading, energy dispatch, and economic feasibility of each electricity source. Three scenarios were considered: case 1 (C1) is the baseline that provided the electric parameters considering a grid without renewable energy integration; case 2 (C2) is the addition of solar and wind systems supplying power to the grid and EVs; case 3 (C3) is the same conditions as C2, but EVs operate on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) scheme supplying energy to grid. Economic output solutions were classified according to the lowest net present value (NPV). The V2G mechanism considered on the C3 offered conditions that decreased the costs of operation of the system, estimating the lowest NPV among the options analyzed. In C2, the simulations recorded higher costs due to the system operation associated with extra local load to power the EVs. In both C2 and C3 scenarios, EVs aided the renewable energy sources' penetration on the system; however, the operation of EVs on a V2G mechanism contributed to the highest rate of renewable energy penetration.

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“…HOMER software compares the economics of the wide ranges of system configurations containing variable No. of renewable and unrenewable energy resources [16]. For equality constraint, such comparisons must explanation for both initial and operating costs for each energy resource.…”

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Techno Economic Evaluation of Hybrid Energy Isolated Micro-Grids for Rural Areas in Four Zones of Egypt

Dawoud

2021

Journal of Advanced Engineering Trends

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In this paper, Rural electrifications and optimum sizing of isolated hybrid micro-grids improve the quality of the life in rural areas by using the optimization technique. The hybrid isolated micro-grids consist of wind turbine (WT), solar voltaic (SPV) systems, storage unit batteries, and diesel generators as a backup to feed electric load demand requirements. A software homer optimization technique has been used to model isolated micro-grid performance during a time of one year, considering hourly variations in both the availability of renewable resources and variations in load demands. The optimum solution is obtained considering the minimization of the levelized costs of energy (LCOEs) over a project lifetime of 25 years. The simulations concentrated on the net present costs (NPCs), LCOEs, and a renewable fraction (RFs) of the given hybrid isolated micro-grids for all four zones. The gotten analyses show that SPV/wind/diesel/battery storage hybrid isolated micro-grids configuration is found as optimal solutions for 1.3 $/l of diesel fuel consumption. It also showed a better performance in fuel consumption and gas greenhouse CO2 reduction. This paper studied the feasibility of different isolated micro-grid configurations comprising SPV, WT, and diesel in different areas of Egypt. Four rural isolated micro-grids have been randomly chosen for the four areas in Egypt with the intention that the obtained results of this study could be replaced in other rural locations of the selected areas with similar terrains. HOMER simulation was used to calculate the economic feasibility of the isolated micro-grids. The simulations focused on the LCOEs and RFs of the given hybrid component for all four regions. The analyses showed that SPV/wind/diesel/battery hybrid isolated micro-grids configuration is found as the best architecture for all rural areas. It also presented a good performance in fuel consumption and CO2 reduction.

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“…Although various studies, such as feasibility, optimal sizing methodologies and technoeconomic analyses of hybrid PV/wind power systems, have been conducted using HOMER, a very few researchers paid attentions to a technoeconomic feasibility study on a hybrid system for a urban domestic household utilization, which may reveal vast potentials in real applications [9,10]. Additionally, heating and electricity loads are rarely considered together in the previous references [11,12], which could be found and compared with the information in the last row of Table 1. However, the cogeneration system and storage system are gathering momentum [13,14].…”

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Technoeconomic Analysis on a Hybrid Power System for the UK Household Using Renewable Energy: A Case Study

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The United Kingdom has abundant renewable energy resources from wind, solar, biomass and others. Meanwhile, domestic sector consumes large amount of electricity and natural gas. This paper aims to explore the potentials of a hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) to supply power and heat for a household with the optimal configuration. A typical house in the United Kingdom is selected as a case study and its energy consumption is collected and analysed. Based on energy demands of the house, a distributed HRES including wind turbine, solar photovoltaic (PV) and biogas genset is designed and simulated to satisfy the power and heat demands. Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewable (HOMER) Software is used to conduct this technoeconomic analysis. It is found that the HRES system with one 1-kW wind turbine, one 1-kW sized biogas genset, four battery units and one 1-kW sized power converter is the most feasible solution, which can supply enough power and heat to meet the household demands. In addition, the HRES system has the lowest net present cost (NPC) of $14,507 and the lowest levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of $0.588 kW−1·h−1. The case study is also quite insightful to other European countries.

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Techno-economic analysis of off-grid solar/wind/biogas/biomass/fuel cell/battery system for electrification in a cluster of villages by HOMER software

Cited by 113 publications

References 28 publications

Techno‐economic feasibility study on electric vehicle and renewable energy integration: A case study

Techno‐economic feasibility study on electric vehicle and renewable energy integration: A case study

Techno Economic Evaluation of Hybrid Energy Isolated Micro-Grids for Rural Areas in Four Zones of Egypt

Technoeconomic Analysis on a Hybrid Power System for the UK Household Using Renewable Energy: A Case Study

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