Economic analysis of PV/diesel hybrid system with flywheel energy storage

This paper analyzes a hybrid energy system performance with photovoltaic (PV) and diesel systems as the energy sources. The hybrid energy system is equipped with flywheel to store excess energy from the PV. HOMER software was employed to study the economic and environmental benefits of the system wi...

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Published inRenewable energy Vol. 78; pp. 398 - 405
Main Authors Ramli, Makbul A.M., Hiendro, Ayong, Twaha, Ssennoga
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2015
Subjects
Carbon dioxide emission
Energy cost
Flywheel energy storage
Hybrid photovoltaic/diesel system
Hybrid photovoltaic/diesel system
Flywheel energy storage
Energy cost
Carbon dioxide emission
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Summary:This paper analyzes a hybrid energy system performance with photovoltaic (PV) and diesel systems as the energy sources. The hybrid energy system is equipped with flywheel to store excess energy from the PV. HOMER software was employed to study the economic and environmental benefits of the system with flywheels energy storage for Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The analysis focused on the impact of utilizing flywheel on power generation, energy cost, and net present cost for certain configurations of hybrid system. Analyses on fuel consumption and carbon emission reductions for the system configurations were also presented in this paper. •A hybrid PV/diesel system performance with battery and flywheel energy storage was analyzed.•HOMER software was employed to study the economic and environmental benefits of the system.•The analysis focused on the impact of utilizing flywheel on power generation, energy cost, and net present cost.•Fuel consumption and carbon emission reductions for the system configurations were discussed.
ISSN:0960-1481
1879-0682
DOI:10.1016/j.renene.2015.01.026