TY - GEN
T1 - A Feasibility Study on Optimal RES Microgrid Design for Rand West Municipality
AU - Gilbert, Ryan
AU - Longe, Omowunmi Mary
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - The increasing demand for electricity and the inability of the current generation systems to meet the demand, urges for more renewable electrical energy systems in South Africa. The Rand West Municipality is a community that has a slow-paced rural electrification and is subject to multiple power cuts weekly thereby affecting the households, farms, and businesses in the area. It is therefore taken as a case study for the investigation of a Renewable Energy Sources (RES) microgrid. Simulation, optimization, and sensitivity analyses were conducted to determine the feasibility and optimal RES mix for the location using the Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewable (HOMER) software. The simulations yielded an optimal microgrid system consisting of a combination of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels, Solar Concentrated Photovoltaic system, Battery Energy Storage System and a Diesel Generator with a Cost of Energy (COE) of $0.068/kWh, compared to the grid COE of $0.12/kWh for this area.
AB - The increasing demand for electricity and the inability of the current generation systems to meet the demand, urges for more renewable electrical energy systems in South Africa. The Rand West Municipality is a community that has a slow-paced rural electrification and is subject to multiple power cuts weekly thereby affecting the households, farms, and businesses in the area. It is therefore taken as a case study for the investigation of a Renewable Energy Sources (RES) microgrid. Simulation, optimization, and sensitivity analyses were conducted to determine the feasibility and optimal RES mix for the location using the Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewable (HOMER) software. The simulations yielded an optimal microgrid system consisting of a combination of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels, Solar Concentrated Photovoltaic system, Battery Energy Storage System and a Diesel Generator with a Cost of Energy (COE) of $0.068/kWh, compared to the grid COE of $0.12/kWh for this area.
KW - Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
KW - Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewable (HOMER) pro
KW - Microgrid
KW - Renewable Energy Sources (RES)
KW - Solar energy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85095121321&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/PowerAfrica49420.2020.9219849
DO - 10.1109/PowerAfrica49420.2020.9219849
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85095121321
T3 - 2020 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2020
BT - 2020 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2020
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 7th Annual IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica Conference, PowerAfrica 2020
Y2 - 25 August 2020 through 28 August 2020
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