Modeling and analysis of hybrid renewable energy for power generation

Abstract

Renewable energy based power has gained significant global momentum to minimize fossil-fuel use, combat climate change, and ensure energy security. While renewable newlineenergy (RE) is fast-growing, stand-alone single resource-based power plants (the most newlinewidespread RE plants) are facing challenges to generate stable power, because of resource newlineintermittency. Consequently, grid operators find it difficult to plan power supply relying on RE plants. Employing electrical storage, thermal energy storage, and hybridization in newlinestand-alone plants could provide some solutions. However, electrical and thermal storage newlinehave limitations at megawatt scales, primarily in terms of cost effectiveness, greater newlineinstalled capacities than nameplate ratings, and land requirements. This study identified newlinethat hybridization of various sources of renewable energy is a promising way to address intermittency challenges... newline