Optimal sizing of hybrid energy system for a remote telecom tower: A case study in Nigeria

Author

Olatomiwa, L.J. ; Mekhilef, Saad ; Huda, A.S.N.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

fYear

2014

fDate

13-14 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

243

Lastpage

247

Abstract

Hybrid energy systems are becoming attractive for providing electricity in remote areas due to excessive expenditure of grid extension, increase in oil price and advances in renewable energy technology. Optimal sizing of components can reduce the cost of hybrid systems. This article illustrates the size optimization of solar-wind-diesel generator-battery hybrid system designed for a remote location mobile telecom base transceiver station in Nigeria. Different energy combinations have been analyzed using HOMER 2.81 (Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewables) in order to determine an optimal model. Simulation results show that the hybrid energy systems can minimize the power generation cost significantly and can decrease CO₂ emissions as compared to the traditional diesel generator only.

Keywords

air pollution control; battery storage plants; carbon compounds; cost reduction; diesel-electric power stations; hybrid power systems; minimisation; mobile radio; poles and towers; power generation economics; power grids; radio transceivers; solar power stations; wind power plants; CO₂; HOMER 2.81; Nigeria; diesel generator; grid extension expenditure; hybrid optimization model for electric renewables; oil price; power generation cost minimization; remote location mobile telecom base transceiver station; remote telecom tower; renewable energy technology; solar-wind-diesel generator-battery hybrid energy system; Batteries; Generators; Hybrid power systems; Renewable energy sources; Solar radiation; Telecommunications; Wind speed; HOMER; Nigeria; hybrid energy system; off-grid remote electrification; telecom tower;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion (CENCON), 2014 IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Johor Bahru

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CENCON.2014.6967509

Filename

6967509