Title :
Sustainability of grid-connected Community Microgrid based on micro-wind generation system with storage
Author :
Mariam, Lubna ; Basu, Mainak ; Conlon, Michael F.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Dublin Inst. of Technol., Dublin, Ireland
Abstract :
In recent years, emphasis has been given on Renewable Energy based Microgrid (μGrid) systems because of their few advantages over Micro-generation (μGen) systems in terms of power quality, stability, reliability, economics etc. But the commercial installation of μGrid system is not yet progressing significantly. This paper presents the techno-economic aspects of μGen and μGrid system towards the sustainability study of grid connected Community Based Microgrid (C-μGrid) system. Emphasis has been given to identify the technical stability by introducing storage system and economical benefits of C-μGrid over the individual μGen system. As a case study, wind turbine based μGen and C-μGrid system both grid connected and off-grid have been considered. Ireland has been chosen as a geographical location where wind based μGen system is not yet very popular with Government REFIT (Renewable Energy Feed-in-Tariff) policy.
Keywords :
distributed power generation; sustainable development; tariffs; wind power plants; μGen system; C-μGrid system; economical benefits; geographical location; grid-connected community microgrid sustainability; micro-wind generation system; renewable energy feed-in-tariff policy; storage system; technical stability; Batteries; Communities; Electricity; Government; Investment; Microgrids; Wind turbines; Community Microgrid (C-μGrid); Micro generation; Microgrid; REFIT; Renewable Energy; Techno-economic Analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics (ISIE), 2014 IEEE 23rd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
DOI :
10.1109/ISIE.2014.6864994
