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Techno economic feasibility 11

analysis of different combination

of PV–wind–diesel–battery hybrid

system

Amit Kumar Yadav*, Hasmat Malik**, Mekhilef Saad Bin Arif †
*National Institute of Technology, Ravangla, India; **Netaji Subhas Institute
†
of Technology, Delhi, India; Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

1 Introduction

In recent years energy consumptions of India is increasing due to economic develop-
ment and population growth. In India Industries are largest consumer of electricity in
comparison to domestic and agriculture consumers. The telecommunication industry
in India is spreading fast which requires a lot of powers. In remote area due to power
shortage continuity to telecommunication load is not maintained. The power is sup-
plied by diesel generator which is becoming costly due to continuous rise of price.
Due to this telecommunication industry is looking for alternative renewable energy
(RE) solution. The single source of RE sources are not capable to run power continu-
ously to the load, therefore hybrid based energy systems become an important option
for maintaining feasibility between power and load. The hybrid based system incorpo-
rate more than one RE sources increasing the feasibility of power to load (Fig. 11.1).
There is several research studies carried out in the field of economic viability assess-
ment of hybrid energy systems. Khan et al. [1] provide extensive literature review
on hybrid power system and also investigate techno economic feasibility analysis of
various configurations of hybrid systems (HSs) for telecommunication applications
for Punjab India. Bhakta et al. [2] studied performance assessment and techno-eco-
nomic analysis of standalone PV–wind–hybrid power system in Lakshadweep islands
(Andrott, Kavaratti, Kiltan, and Minicoy) of India. It is found that in terms of net pres-
ent cost (NPC) PV–wind hybrid system is more economical in comparison to only PV
or wind system. Dihrab and Sopin [3] presented a PV–wind HS for three sites namely
Basrah, Mosul, and Baghdad in Iraq. It is found that PV and wind power is more in
Basrah. Mbaka et al. [4] performed comparative study for PV HS, standalone PV and
diesel generator for village load requirement of 7.08 kWh/day. It is found that PV HS
are more economical for north Cameroon.
The different combinations of HS used by various researchers for different sites are
shown in Table 11.1.

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