TY - GEN
T1 - Economic analysis of hybrid power system for rural electrification in Oman
AU - Al-Badi, Abdullah H.
AU - Bourdoucen, Hadj
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Hybrid renewable energy systems are becoming attractive for remote areas power generation applications due to advances in renewable energy technologies and increase in the oil price. This paper presents a feasibility study of wind penetration into an existing diesel power plant of an isolated Duqum area in the Sultanate of Oman. Wind data from Al Duqm meteorology station and the actual load data from Duqum have been used in the simulation model. HOMER software has been used to perform the study for the hybrid system with no battery storage. For Wind speed less than 5m/s the existing diesel plant seems to be is the only feasible solution over the range of fuel prices used in the simulation. Moreover, the proposed hybrid system becomes feasible at wind speeds of more than 6 m/s and a diesel cost of 0.368 US $/L or more, which is the current diesel cost in Duqm.
AB - Hybrid renewable energy systems are becoming attractive for remote areas power generation applications due to advances in renewable energy technologies and increase in the oil price. This paper presents a feasibility study of wind penetration into an existing diesel power plant of an isolated Duqum area in the Sultanate of Oman. Wind data from Al Duqm meteorology station and the actual load data from Duqum have been used in the simulation model. HOMER software has been used to perform the study for the hybrid system with no battery storage. For Wind speed less than 5m/s the existing diesel plant seems to be is the only feasible solution over the range of fuel prices used in the simulation. Moreover, the proposed hybrid system becomes feasible at wind speeds of more than 6 m/s and a diesel cost of 0.368 US $/L or more, which is the current diesel cost in Duqm.
KW - Diesel generator, renewable energy
KW - Hybrid system
KW - Wind turbine
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U2 - 10.1109/ICASTECH.2009.5409712
DO - 10.1109/ICASTECH.2009.5409712
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77950934333
SN - 9781424435234
T3 - ICAST 2009 - 2nd International Conference on Adaptive Science and Technology
SP - 284
EP - 289
BT - ICAST 2009 - 2nd International Conference on Adaptive Science and Technology
T2 - 2nd International Conference on Adaptive Science and Technology, ICAST 2009
Y2 - 14 December 2009 through 16 December 2009
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