Optimal sizing and assessment of a hybrid energy based AC microgrid

Renewable Energy Resources (RES) is growing with a wide popularisation due to its ability to mitigate global warming challenges and meet the increasing energy demand. Nevertheless, some of the challenges in implementing the RES system like intermittency and volatile profile give an enormous research and improvement scope. Since the grid expansion doesnt incur large investments after the RES system installation, they can significantly meet energy demands. In this paper, feasibility study and optimum solution for electricity needs for one of the blocks of RV college of Engineering using RES is analysed for various systems. Four hybrid energy systems studies provide the technical details and the simulation results obtained from Hybrid Optimisation of Multiple Energy Resources (HOMER) simulation tool. Hybrid energy resources like the combination of solar PV, Biomass and diesel were analysed and compared. From the qualitative and quantitative results obtained for PV/Biomass/Diesel/ Battery system, it was observed that solar/biomass was the optimal solution for electrification among the renewable resources. This hybrid combination is the most feasible solution since there was no carbon emission and environmentally friendly. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the International Conference on Advancement in Materials, Manufacturing and Energy Engineering (ICAMME-2021).