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Simulation and analysis of a stand-alone solar-wind and pumped-storage hydropower plant

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  • Petrakopoulou, Fontina
  • Robinson, Alexander
  • Loizidou, Maria

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This work presents the simulation and evaluation of a renewable hybrid power plant for off-grid fully autonomous operation on an intermediate-sized island in the Aegean Sea. A stand-alone energy system including storage facilities is simulated, optimized and analyzed relying on real-case weather and demand data of a relatively large remote community. Optimization of the power plant structure shows that to ensure continuous off-grid energy generation, even under extreme conditions, the combination of more than one renewable technology is required. The hybrid power plant consists of a pumped-storage hydropower plant, photovoltaic cells and wind turbines. Energy surplus of the power plant is used in the incorporated electrolyzer to generate a secondary product, hydrogen. Robust operation of the plant results in 48% of the energy generated stemming from the photovoltaic system and 52% from the wind turbines. The pumped-storage hydropower plant has a mean annual power output of 1.0 MW. The total mean annual efficiency of the hybrid plant is found to be 14.4%. Although stand-alone operation was achieved with the proposed plant, this requirement led to net energy output restrictions, capacity oversizing and large storage facilities.

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  • Petrakopoulou, Fontina & Robinson, Alexander & Loizidou, Maria, 2016. "Simulation and analysis of a stand-alone solar-wind and pumped-storage hydropower plant," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 676-683.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:96:y:2016:i:c:p:676-683
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.12.049
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