Techno-economic assessment of a grid-independent hybrid power plant for co-supplying a remote micro-community with electricity and hydrogen
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Rezaei, M
Dampage, U
Alharbi, SA
Nasif, O
Borowski, PF
Mohamed, MA
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This study investigates the techno-economic feasibility of an off-grid integrated so-lar/wind/hydrokinetic plant to co-generate electricity and hydrogen for a remote micro-community. In addition to the techno-economic viability assessment of the proposed system via HOMER (hybrid optimization of multiple energy resources), a sensitivity analysis is conducted to ascertain the impact of ±10% fluctuations in wind speed, solar radiation, temperature, and water velocity on annual electric production, unmet electricity load, LCOE (levelized cost of electricity), and NPC (net present cost). For this, a far-off village with 15 households is selected as the case study. The results reveal that the NPC, LCOE, and LCOH (levelized cost of hydrogen) of the system are equal to $333,074, 0.1155 $/kWh, and 4.59 $/kg, respectively. Technical analysis indicates that the PV system with the rated capacity of 40 kW accounts for 43.7% of total electricity generation. This portion for the wind turbine and the hydrokinetic turbine with nominal capacities of 10 kW and 20 kW equates to 23.6% and 32.6%, respectively. Finally, the results of sensitivity assessment show that among the four variables only a +10% fluctuation in water velocity causes a 20% decline in NPC and LCOE.
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Processes
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Xia, T; Rezaei, M; Dampage, U; Alharbi, SA; Nasif, O; Borowski, PF; Mohamed, MA, Techno-economic assessment of a grid-independent hybrid power plant for co-supplying a remote micro-community with electricity and hydrogen, Processes, 2021, 9 (8), pp. 1375