Techno-economic feasibility study of wind-solar PV hybrid energy system in Maharashtra state, India

This paper studies the feasibility of wind-solar PV hybrid energy system for domestic loads in the Maharashtra state, India. The capacity of the system is decided on the basis of energy demand and renewable resources (e.g. wind speed, solar insolation etc.). The system's feasibility is analyzed techno-economically. Technically there is no deficit in energy supply (zero LPSP) and economical study includes COE (Cost of Energy) and NPC (Net Present Cost). While analyzing the system, real time environmental conditions are considered. Resource data of 22 years is taken from NASA Meteorological website for 34 candidate locations of Maharashtra state in India. The load considered is residential block. HOMER software is used to optimize the proposed hybrid energy system.