Optimal Siting and Sizing of an Off-grid Integrated Renewable Energy System (IRES) For Remote Rural Electrification

In recent times, the decentralized electrical power generation via exhausting available renewable energy sources has emerged as a promising solution to the problem of power supply to remotely located and isolated rural population. In this paper, an Integrated Renewable Energy System (IRES) has been proposed for meeting the need of domestic, commercial, agricultural and community sector of the selected area considering per unit Energy Cost (EC), Actual Cost of Total Generation (ACTG), Total Energy Cost (TEC).Genetic Algorithm (GA) approach has been employed to minimize EC. Based on the obtained results an optimal solution is recommended for the rural electrification of the selected area.