Feasibility study of using a biogas engine as backup in a decentralized hybrid (PV/wind/battery) power generation system – Case study Kenya

Sara Ghaem Sigarchian, Rita Paleta, Anders Malmquist and André Pina

Energy, 2015, vol. 90, issue P2, 1830-1841

Abstract: In this study, a hybrid power system consisting of PV (Photovoltaics) panels, a wind turbine and a biogas engine is proposed to supply the electricity demand of a village in Kenya. The average and the peak load of the village are around 8 kW and 16.5 kW respectively.

Keywords: Biogas engine; Decentralized energy system; Polygeneration; Techno-economic optimization; HOMER; Rural electrification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.07.008

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