Wind/PV/diesel energy system: Modeling and sizing optimization

This paper focuses on the development of a methodology for calculation of the sizing and optimization of a stand-alone hybrid system. This approach makes use of a deterministic algorithm to suggest, among a list of commercially available system devices, the optimal number and type of units ensuring that the total costs of the autonomous hybrid systems are minimized while guaranteeing the availability of the energy demand of the customers and safety of the system. The hybrid systems are studied with the collection of hourly data of solar radiation, wind speed and ambient temperature to the site of Le Havre, France, for a period of one year. Finally, the obtained sizing optimization of the studied hybrid systems is exposed and discussed by showing the simulation of the hybrid systems operation for a short period of time.