Year: 2024
Type: preprint
Abstract: The global pursuit of sustainable development increasingly emphasizes the adoption of renewable energy sources to deliver affordable, clean energy while addressing climate change challenges. This study proposes a comprehensive, three-phase framework for designing a microgrid-based hybrid renewable energy system tailored for a remote area in Yemen. The framework encompasses initial evaluation, design optimization, results assessment, and power quality analysis. The phases conducted using HOMER Pro® software, evaluate and compare six hybrid system configurations based on life-cycle costs, renewable energy fraction, unmet load, and system reliability to identify the optimal design for the target community. The findings reveal that the optimal system configuration consists of photovoltaic panels, battery energy storage, and a power converter, achieving the lowest net present cost of $22,647.71 and a cost of energy (COE) of $0.084912 per kWh. This design exhibits an almost negligible unmet load of 0.017463%, a renewable energy fraction of 100%, and the lowest associated carbon emissions among all configurations. These results underscore the proposed framework's potential for achieving reliable, efficient, and sustainable energy solutions in remote communities.
Source: Research Square
Language: English
Subfield: Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Field: Energy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4405796366