Upgrading of Zafarana wind park for dual use of land for combined wind and solar photovoltaic power generation

This paper shows that hybrid wind-solar (PV) systems are becoming more popular because they can meet electricity demands better. Adding solar PV power plant to onshore wind park is a valuable economic and technical solution. The optimal layout design of a hybrid system combining onshore wind-park and PV plant increases generation even with its reduction due shadow from wind turbines (WTs) and neighboring PV panels. Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is performed to determine the optimal layout of hybrid power plants. This article focuses on measuring the effect of WT shadow flicker on PV panels. It explores to find the optimal share of wind and solar generation for an onshore hybrid system based on yearly data of wind speed, solar irradiation, and ambient-temperature from Zafarana site. Solar power is affected by irradiance, wind, air, self-shadowing of PV panels, and turbine shadowing on PV panels. Zafarana wind park is upgraded by 73.4 % extra power contributed by adding PV plant.