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Optimum design and evaluation of hybrid solar/wind/diesel power system for Masirah Island

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This paper addresses the requirements of electrical energy for an isolated island of Masirah in Oman. The paper studied the possibility of using sources of renewable energy in combination with current diesel power plant on the island to meet the electrical load demand. There are two renewable energy sources used in this study, solar and wind energy. This study aimed to design and evaluate hybrid solar/wind/diesel/battery system in terms of cost and pollution. By using HOMER software, many simulation analyses have been proposed to find and optimize different technologies that contain wind turbine, solar photovoltaic, and diesel in combination with storage batteries for electrical generation. Four different hybrid power systems were proposed, diesel generators only, wind/diesel/battery, PV/diesel/battery, and PV/wind/diesel/battery. The analysis of the results shows that around 75 % could reduce the cost of energy by using PV/wind/diesel hybrid power system. Also, the greenhouse emission could be reduced by around 25 % compared with these by using diesel generators system that currently utilize in the Masirah Island. The solar/wind/diesel hybrid system is techno-economically viable for Masirah Island.

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Acknowledgments

The recent research which leads to the former results has received Research Project Grant Funding from the Research Council of the Sultanate of Oman, Research Grant Agreement No. ORG/EI/13/011. The authors would like to acknowledge support from the Research Council of Oman. The acknowledgment is also extended to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and Meteorology, Department of Meteorology, and Rural Areas Electricity Company, Oman.

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  1. Faculty of Engineering, Sohar University, Sohar, Sultanate of Oman

    Hussein A. Kazem & Hamood A. S. Al-Badi

  2. The Research Council of Oman, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

    Ahmed S. Al Busaidi

  3. Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Technology, Al-Sinaa, P.O. Box 35010, Baghdad, 10066, Iraq

    Miqdam T. Chaichan

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Kazem, H.A., Al-Badi, H.A.S., Al Busaidi, A.S. et al. Optimum design and evaluation of hybrid solar/wind/diesel power system for Masirah Island. Environ Dev Sustain 19, 1761–1778 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-016-9828-1

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