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Optimum Configuration of a Renewable Energy System Using Multi-Year Parameters and Advanced Battery Storage Modules: A Case Study in Northern Saudi Arabia

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  • Abdullahi Abubakar Mas’ud

    (Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology Department, Jubail Industrial College, Al Jubail 35718, Saudi Arabia
    Prince Saud bin Thunayan Research Centre, Royal Commission for Jubail, Al Jubail 35718, Saudi Arabia)

  • Hassan Zuhair Al-Garni

    (Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology Department, Jubail Industrial College, Al Jubail 35718, Saudi Arabia)

Abstract

Understanding the impact of global warming and the availability of renewable sources has motivated many countries to utilize solar and wind as an alternative to conventional energy sources. One county at the forefront in the development of these technologies is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). In KSA, investing in wind and solar energy is important because the country’s load demand is rapidly increasing, coupled with the over-reliance on fossil fuels. By fully utilizing the multi-year and the advanced battery storage modules in HOMER, in this paper, the techno-economic viability of utilizing a PV/wind/diesel/battery system for a remote location of Al-Jouf in the KSA has been investigated. The novelty of the work presented in this paper is that for the first time a PV/wind/diesel/battery system has been designed for the KSA, taking into account the impact of multi-year and advanced battery storage parameters such as the increase in fuel price, PV degradation, increase in the consumer load and battery degradation. Besides, due to the high temperatures experienced at Al-Jouf during the summer season, this paper investigates the sensitivity of ambient temperature on the system’s performance. The result shows that the multi-year input and battery degradation parameters have a significant impact on the system output over the 25 year lifetime of the project. PV production has dropped by 11.3%, while diesel production rose to 38% thereby increasing fuel consumption and CO 2 emission. The system’s LCOE and NPC are 0.204 and USD206,919 respectively. According to the sensitivity analysis, ambient temperature has a significant impact on battery performance and PV power generation.

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  • Abdullahi Abubakar Mas’ud & Hassan Zuhair Al-Garni, 2021. "Optimum Configuration of a Renewable Energy System Using Multi-Year Parameters and Advanced Battery Storage Modules: A Case Study in Northern Saudi Arabia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-17, May.
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