 Techno-economic energy analysis of wind/solar hybrid system: Case study for western coastal area of Saudi ArabiaMakbul A.M. Ramli, Ayong Hiendro and Yusuf A. Al-Turki Renewable Energy, 2016, vol. 91, issue C, 374-385 Abstract: The potential of hybrid wind/solar energy system in the west coast area of Saudi Arabia is analyzed in this paper. The investigation puts emphasis on the energy production and cost of energy from both wind turbine and photovoltaic (PV) in the hybrid system. Unmet electric load and excess electricity are taken into consideration. The annual average solar irradiation and wind speed considered in this study are 5.95 kWh/m2/day and 3.53 m/s, respectively. MATLAB and HOMER software are used to perform the technical and economic analyses of the hybrid system. As indicated from the simulation results, the PV array shares more electricity production than the wind turbine generator if both wind turbine and PV array are utilized in the wind/solar hybrid system with the same sizes. The wind levelized cost of energy is $0.149/kWh, which is more expensive than the solar energy of $0.0637/kWh. The energy cost of the hybrid system is dominated by battery and wind turbine expenses. Keywords: Techno-economic analysis; Hybrid wind/solar system; Excess electricity; Energy cost (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:renene:v:91:y:2016:i:c:p:374-385 DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.01.071 Access Statistics for this article Renewable Energy is currently edited by Soteris A. Kalogirou and Paul Christodoulides More articles in Renewable Energy from Elsevier |
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