Abstract :
This paper presents a project undertaken in Mexico to electrify the remote village of San Antonio Agua Bendita (SAAB) using a custom designed hybrid power system. The hybrid power system will provide grid quality electricity to this community which would otherwise not have been electrified via traditional distribution lines. The hybrid power system was designed to electrify the entire community, incorporate multiple sources of renewable power with on-demand power, operate autonomously, and be cost effective in dollars per watt of electricity generated over the system´s usable life. A major factor in the success of this project is the use of renewable energy for economic development and community partnership. Many rural electrification projects have provided power for domestic use but few have successfully provided power to improve the economic condition of the people served by the system. The SAAB hybrid avoids this pitfall by providing 120 VAC power at 60 Hz to anticipated industrial loads in the village, as well as providing grid quality power for domestic use. The system consists of the following modules: a controller, battery storage, a PV array, two 1O kW wind turbines, a diesel generator, a micro-hydro generater, power output control
Keywords :
diesel-electric generators; hydraulic turbines; photovoltaic power systems; power control; secondary cells; solar cell arrays; wind turbines; 120 V; 60 Hz; Mexico; PV array; San Antonio Agua Bendita; battery storage; community partnership; controller; diesel generator; domestic use; economic development; grid quality electricity; hybrid power system; industrial loads; micro-hydro generater; power output control; remote village electrification; renewable energy sources; wind turbines; Batteries; Control systems; Costs; Electrical equipment industry; Hybrid power systems; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Renewable energy resources; Wind energy generation;
