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The present paper presents a methodology to perform the optimal sizing of an autonomous hybrid PV/wind system. The methodology
aims at finding the configuration, among a set of systems components, which meets the desired system reliability requirements, with the
lowest value of levelized cost of energy.
Modelling a hybrid PV/wind system is considered as the first step in the optimal sizing procedure. In this paper, more accurate
mathematical models for characterizing PV module, wind generator and battery are proposed. The second step consists to optimize the
sizing of a system according to the loss of power supply probability (LPSP) and the levelized cost of energy (LCE) concepts.
Considering various types and capacities of system devices, the configurations, which can meet the desired system reliability, are
obtained by changing the type and size of the devices systems. The configuration with the lowest LCE gives the optimal choice.
Applying this method to an assumed PV/wind hybrid system to be installed at Corsica Island, the simulation results show that the
optimal configuration, which meet the desired system reliability requirements (LPSP ¼ 0) with the lowest LCE, is obtained for a system
comprising a 125 W photovoltaic module, one wind generator (600 W) and storage batteries (using 253 Ah). On the other hand, the
device system choice plays an important role in cost reduction as well as in energy production.
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Keywords: Optimum system sizing; Loss of power load probability; Levelized cost of energy
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level of the system, the set different configurations which A methodology for modelling HPWS components is
meet the load are obtained (Yang et al., 2003; Beyer and described below.
Langer, 1996). In Protogeropoulos et al. (1997), the author
developed general methodology by considering design 2.1. Modelling of a PV generator
factor such as autonomy for sizing and optimization.
In this context, the present study presents a methodology As the operation and the performance of a PV generator
for the optimal sizing of autonomous PV/wind systems is interested in its maximum power, the models describing
with storage batteries. The methodology adopted, taken as the PV module’s maximum power output behaviours are
the favourite approach, is to suggest, among a set of more practical for PV system assessment. In this paper, a
systems components, the optimal number and type of units mathematical model for estimating the power output of PV
in terms of technical and economical concepts; the loss of modules is used. The estimation is carried out using a
power supply probability (LPSP) and the levelised cost of computer program, which uses a subroutine for determin-
energy (LCE). ing the power output of a PV module. Using the solar
This paper is organized as follows: radiation available on the tilted surface, the ambient
Firstly, the mathematical model of hybrid PV/wind temperature and the manufacturers data for the PV
system, including PV modules, wind generators and modules as model inputs, the power output of the PV
batteries storage, is developed. Secondly, the system generator, PPV, can be calculated according to the
reliability model, which is based on LPSP technique, and following equations (Markvard, 2000):
the system economical model, based on the LCE concept,
are presented. Lastly, the simulation results and conclu- PPV ¼ Zg NAm G t , (1)
sions are presented. where Zg is the instantaneous PV generator efficiency, Am
In the simulation, three sizing parameters are considered, the area of a single module used in a system (m2), Gt the
i.e. the power PV module, rated power of wind generator global irradiance incident on the titled plane (W/m2) and N
and the storage capacity. is the number of modules.
With the incorporated hybrid PV/wind system optimiza- All the energy losses in a PV generator, including
tion model, the sizing optimization can be achieved connection losses, wiring losses and other losses, are
technically and economically. assumed to be zero.
The instantaneous PV generator efficiency is represented
2. Modelling of the hybrid PV/wind system components by the following equation (Habib et al., 1999):
Zg ¼ Zr Zpt ½1 bt ðT c T r Þ, (2)
Modelization is an essential step before any phase of
optimal sizing. Various modelling techniques are developed where Zr is the PV generator reference efficiency, Zpt the
to model HPWS components in previous studies. For a efficiency of power tracking equipment, which is equal to 1
hybrid PV/wind system with a storage battery, as shown in if a perfect maximum power point tracker is used, Tc the
Fig. 1, three principal subsystems are included, the PV temperature of PV cell (1C), Tr the PV cell reference
generator, the wind turbine and the battery storage. temperature and bt is the temperature coefficient of
efficiency, ranging from 0.004 to 0.006 per 1C for silicon The fitting equation of the output characteristic of wind
cells. generator can be expressed as
Based on the energy balance proposed by Duffie and 0
0 V pV ci or V XV co
Beckman (1991), the PV cell temperature can be expressed B
B a1 V 3 þ b1 V 2 þ c1 V þ d 1 V ci oV oV 1
as follows: B
B a2 V 3 þ b2 V 2 þ c2 V þ d 2 V 1 oV oV 2
B
ta PWG ðV Þ ¼ B ,
T c ¼ T a þ Gt , (3) B...
UL B
B an V 3 þ bn V 2 þ cn V þ d n V n1 oV oV r
@
where Ta is the ambient temperature (1C), UL is the overall Pr V r pV oV co
heat loss coefficient (W/m2 per 1C), t and a represent, (6)
respectively, the transmittance and absorptance coefficients
of PV cells. where PWG ðV Þ is the output power of wind generator at
The overall heat loss coefficient (ta/UL) can be estimated wind speed V, Pr is the rated power, V is the wind speed at
from the nominal operating cell temperature (NOCT) as the hub height Vci, Vr and Vco are the cut-in, rated and cut-
follows (Chedid and Saliba, 1996; Duffie and Beckman, out wind speeds, respectively.
1991): n is the number of cubic spline interpolation functions
corresponding to n+1 value couples (speed, power) of data
ta NOCT 20 provided by the manufacturers; a, b, c and d are the
¼ . (4)
UL 800 polynomial coefficients of the cubic spline interpolation
Consequently, the instantaneous PV generator efficiency functions, which depend on the wind turbine generator
can be expressed as follows: type.
As the installation height of the wind turbine has a large
Zg ¼ Zr Zpt effect on the energy available from the system, the
NOCT 20 adjustment of the wind profile for height can be taken
1 bt ðT a T r Þ bt G t ð1 Zr Zpt Þ , into account by using a height adjustment equation. In this
800
ð5Þ study, the power law is applied for the vertical wind speed
profile, as shown in the equation below (Ilinka et al., 2003):
where Zpt, bt, NOCT, Am are parameters that depend on a1
the type of module, and given by the manufacturer of the H
V ¼ V0 , (7)
modules. H0
where V is the wind speed at hub height H, V0 the wind
2.2. Modelling of wind generator speed measured at the reference height H0 and a1 is the
power law exponent, which varies with the elevation, the
Different wind generators have different power output time of day, the season, the nature of the terrain, the wind
performance curves. Therefore, the model used to describe speed and the temperature. According to many authors,
the performance of wind generators is expected to be the typical value of 1/7, corresponding to low roughness
different. Some authors (Yang Lu and Burnett, 2002; surfaces and well exposed sites, is used in this study (Ilinka
Chedid and Rahman, 1998; Eftichios et al., 2006; Lysen, et al., 2003; Johnson, 1985).
1983) assume that the turbine power curve has a linear,
quadratic or cubic form. Other authors (Troen and
2.3. Modelling of battery storage
Petersen, 1989; Bueno and Carta, 2005) approximate
the power curve with a piecewise linear function with a
At any hour the state of battery is related to the previous
few nodes. In other case studies, a model which has a
state of charge and to the energy production and
similar form is applied taking into account the Weibull
consumption situation of the system during the time from
parameters (Bogdan and Salameh, 1996; Borowy and
t1 to t. During the charging process, when the total
Salameh, 1994).
output of PV and wind generators is greater than the load
Previous models are often used for the simulation
demand, the available battery bank capacity at hour t can
and evaluation of wind power generation systems in
be described by (Bogdan and Salameh, 1996; Bin et al.,
field applications. However, for a specific wind generator,
2003)
a model should be developed according to its power
output performance curve, which is given by the C bat ðtÞ ¼ C bat ðt 1Þð1 sÞ
manufacturer.
E L ðtÞ
In this paper, the wind generator power output is þ E PV ðtÞ þ E WG ðtÞ Zbat . ð8Þ
Zinv
estimated through interpolation of the values of the data
provided by the manufacturers. As the power curves are On the other hand, when the load demand is greater than
quite smooth, they can be approximated using a cubic the available energy generated, the battery bank is in
spline interpolation (Akai, 1994). discharging state. Therefore, the available battery bank
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capacity at hour t can be expressed as where Pload ðtÞ is the power consumed by the load at hour t,
Zinv is the inverter efficiency.
E L ðtÞ
C bat ðtÞ ¼ C bat ðt 1Þð1 sÞ ðE PV ðtÞ þ E WG ðtÞÞ , During this operation of the hybrid PV/wind system,
Zinv
different situations may appear:
(9)
where C bat ðtÞ and C bat ðt 1Þ are the available battery bank (a) The total power generated by the PV and Wind
capacity (Wh) at hour t and t1, respectively; Zbat is the generators is greater than the power needed by the
battery efficiency (during discharging process, the battery load, Pinv. In this case, the energy surplus is stored in
discharging efficiency was set equal to 1 and during the batteries and the new storage capacity is calculated
charging, the efficiency is 0.65–0.85 depending on the using Eq. (8) until the full capacity is obtained, the
charging current) (Bin et al., 2003). remainder of the available power is not used.
s is the self-discharge rate of the battery bank. The (b) The total PV and wind generators power is less than the
manufacturer documentation gives a self-discharge of 25% power needed by theload, Pinv , the energy deficit is
over 6 months for a storage temperature of 20 1C, that is to covered by the storage and a new battery capacity is
say 0.14% per day (Markvart and Castaner, 2003). calculated using Eq. (9).
E PV ðtÞ and E WG ðtÞ are the energy generated by PV and (c) In case of inverter input and total power equality, the
wind generators, respectively; E L ðtÞ is the load demand at storage capacity remains unchanged.
hour tand Zinv is the inverter efficiency (in this study it is
considered as constant, 92%). In case (a) when the battery capacity reaches a maximum
At any hour, the storage capacity is subject to the value, C batmax , the control system stops the charging
following constraints: process.
C batmin pC bat ðtÞpC batmax , (10) The wasted energy, defined as the energy produced and
not used by the system, for hour t is calculated as follows:
where C batmax and C batmin are the maximum and minimum
Pload ðtÞ C batmax C bat ðt 1Þ
allowable storage capacity, respectively. WEðtÞ ¼ Ptot ðtÞDt Dt þ .
Using for C batmax the storage nominal capacityC batn , Zinv Zcha
then (14)
C batmin ¼ DOD C batn , (11) In case (b), if the battery capacity decreases to their
minimum level, C batmin , the control system disconnects the
where DOD (%) represents the maximum permissible
load and the energy deficit, loss of power supply for hour t
depth of battery discharge.
can be expressed as follows (Bogdan and Salameh, 1996;
Bin et al., 2003):
3. Modelling of system reliability
LPSðtÞ ¼ Pload ðtÞDt
Several approaches are used to achieve the optimal ððPPV ðtÞ þ PWG ðtÞÞDt þ C bat ðt 1Þ C batmin ÞZinv ,
configurations of hybrid systems in terms of technical
analysis. Among these methods, we find the least-square ð15Þ
method applied by Kellogg et al. (1996) Gomma et al. where Dt is the step of time used for the calculations (in this
(1995) and Borowy and Salameh (1994), the trade-off study Dt ¼ 1 h). During that time, the power produced by
method by Gavanidou and Bakirtzis (1993) and Elhadidy the PV and wind generators are assumed constant. So, the
and Shaahid (1999) and the technical approach also called power is numerically equal to the energy within this time
loss of power supply probability (LPSP) by Yang Lu and step.
Burnett (2002), Abouzahr and Ramakumar (1990, 1991) The loss of power supply probability, LPSP, for a
and Hongxing et al. (2002). considered period T, can be defined as the ratio of all the
In this study, the technical sizing model for the HPWS is (LPS(t)) values over the total load required during that
developed according to the concept of LPSP to evaluate the period. The LPSP technique is considered as technical
reliability of hybrid systems. The methodology used can be implemented criteria for sizing a hybrid PV/wind system
summarized in the following steps. employing a battery bank. The technical model for hybrid
The total power, Ptot ðtÞ, generated by the wind turbine system sizing is developed according to the LPSP
and PV generator at hour t is calculated as follows: technique. This can be defined as (Bin et al., 2003)
Ptot ðtÞ ¼ PPV ðtÞ þ PWG ðtÞ. (12) X
T X
T
LPSP ¼ LPSðtÞ= Pload ðtÞDt, (16)
Then, the inverter input power, Pinv ðtÞ, is calculated
t¼1 t¼1
using the corresponding load power requirements, as
follows: where T is the operation time (in this study, T ¼ 1 year).
In Fig. 2., the algorithm of the computer program used
Pload ðtÞ for this purpose is presented. The algorithm input data set
Pinv ðtÞ ¼ , (13)
Zinv consists of hourly solar irradiation on a tilted plane, hourly
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Hourly data
(irradiation, temperature, Technical data bases of the
wind speed, load components
demand),LPSPrequered
j=1
configuration
j
t=1
Calculation of
EPV, Ew, ETot
Yes No
ETot = EL/ηinv
Yes No
ETot > EL/ηinv
Calculation of Cbat
(Battery charging)
Calculation of Cbat
Yes No (Battery
Cbat > Cbat
Cbat = Cbat
No Yes
LPS=0 Cbat < Cbat
Cbat = Cbat
Calculation of
LPS
No Yes
t=8760
Calculation of
LPSP
No Yes
LPSP ≤ LPSPrequered Economical study
mean values of ambient temperature and wind speed, same period. According to the LPSP, it can be expressed as
LPSP, load power requirements during the year and follows:
specifications of the system devices. Moreover, we can
RCðTÞ ¼ 1 LPSP: (17)
introduce for the analysis two more concepts:
The first one is the renewable contribution defined as the The second concept is the energy excess percentage,
ratio of the load supplied by the hybrid PV/wind system which is defined as the wasted energy divided by the total
during a given time period over the total load during the energy produced by the PV and wind generators during the
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considered period. a
WEðTÞ 1200
EXCðTÞ ¼ . (18)
E tot ðTÞ
1000
For a given LPSP value and a defined period, many
configurations can technically meet the required reliability
TPV CRF 25
LCE ¼ , (19)
E load
20
where E load is the yearly output in kWh, TPV and CRF are
the total present value of actual cost of all system 15
components and the capital recovery factor, respectively,
10
which can be expressed as follows (Athanasia and
Anastassios, 2000): 5
ið1 þ iÞn
CRF ¼ , (20) 0
ð1 þ iÞn 1 0 876 1752 2628 3504 4380 5256 6132 7008 7884 8760
Time (h)
TPV ¼ C pv þ C wind þ C bat , (21) c
15
where i is the annual discount rate, nthe system life in years,
C pv the sum of present value of capital and maintenance
costs of the PV generator in system life, C wind the sum of 12
present value of capital and maintenance costs of the wind
turbines in system life and C bat is the sum of present
Wind speed (m/s)
Additionally, the balance of system (BOS) costs, referred Fig. 3. Hourly values of meteorological parameters: (a) solar irradiation
to support structure, power conditioning and interface on titled plane, (b) ambient temperature and (c) wind speed.
units, installation and safety and control components, is
taken as 25% of the cost of wind turbine and 50% of the
cost of PV module. The annual maintenance cost has been
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set at 5% of capital cost for the wind turbine, 1% of capital as hourly mean values of wind speeds and ambient
cost for the PV generator and 0% for the batteries storage. temperature, given in Fig. 3. The estimated hourly load
The annual discount rate is considered as 8%. profile is shown in Fig. 4.
The wind and solar power are assumed to be constant
during the time step (1 h in this study). The technical and
5. Results and discussion economical parameters of the component system are given
in Tables 1–3.
The developed methodology has been applied to design a As the first step, the system reliability model is developed
stand alone hybrid PV/wind system in order to power in terms of the concept of LPSP.
supply residential household located in the area of the For this purpose, several simulations have been made by
Laboratory CNRS Ajaccio (Corsica Island) (411550 N, considering different combinations taking into account, the
81440 E). power of PV and wind generators and the capacity storage.
The simulations are computed using 1 year (2001) of For an LPSP of 0 and a load profile defined in this study,
hourly global solar irradiations on tilted plane (451), as well the simulation results, based on the LPSP concept, are
presented in Fig. 5.
350
As shown in this figure, the different configurations,
which meet the same reliability of power supply are
300
expressed by plotting the trade-off curve between the PV
generator power and battery capacity for each wind
250
generator. Two domains can be identified if the storage
capacity is less than 500 Ah, the variation of PV power
Power (W)
200
versus the capacity battery is important, and become
gradual for capacity storage greater than 500 Ah. This can
150
be explained because with low storage capacity, the system
needs more PV power to meet the load with the desired
100
LPSP.
In Fig. 6, the variation of the renewable contribution and
50
the energy excess part as a function of the PV power for
different wind generator sizes are presented.
0
According to the results obtained, the energy excess part
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
increases with increasing wind generator number. This
Time (h)
increase is inversely proportional to the photovoltaic
Fig. 4. Hourly load profile. power. Therefore, in the range of the PV power varying
Table 1
Photovoltaic modules parameters
Type Pmp (W) Vmp (V) Imp (A) Voc (V) Isc (A) NOCT C1 Asc (m2) Price ($) BOS ($)
BP350 50 17.3 2.89 21.8 3.17 4772 0.451 350 50% of cost
BP3125 125 17.6 7.1 22.1 7.54 4772 1.018 598 50% of cost
Table 2
Wind turbines parameters
Type Power rated (W) Vci (m/s) Vr (m/s) Vco (m/s) Price $ BOS $
Table 3
Battery parameters
Type Nominal capacity (Ah) Voltage (V) Minimum charge (%) Cost ($)
4000 1.00
Wind turbine (600 x 1) Wind turbine (1000 x 1)
Wind turbine (600 x 2) Wind turbine(1000 x 2) Renewable contribution
3600 Wind turbine (600 x 3)
Wind generator (WT 600)
3200 0.80
2800
PV power (W)
2400
0.60
Energy excesspart
2000
0
250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000 2250 2500 0.00
Storage capacity (Ah) 0 400 800 1200 1600 2000 2400 2800 3200 3600
Photovoltaic power (W)
Fig. 5. Hybrid system configurations for the desired LPSP of 0%.
Fig. 7. Renewable contribution and excess part as a function of PV
power.
1.00
Renewable contribution
reduction in the renewable contribution decreases the
unused energy.
0.80 The simulation results also show that with a renewable
contribution of about 85%, the energy excess percentage
Energy excess part
decreases to 5% for configuration with one wind generator,
0.60 while it reaches a value below 15% for that of two
generators.
Additionally, in order to asses the impact of battery
0.40 Wind turbine (600 x 1) storage on an energy excess percentage, the range of
Wind turbine (600 x 2)
Wind turbine (600 x 3)
storage capacity is varied from 3 to 25 kWh (equivalent to
Wind turbine (1000x 1) 1–8 times the daily consumption). The simulation results,
Wind turbine (1000 x 2)
0.20 presented in Fig. 7, for one wind generator (600 W) show
that varying battery storage does not affect the energy
excess parts. Therefore, the energy excess is due to the PV
0.00 generator power, taking account the wind generator power.
0 400 800 1200 1600 2000 2400 2800 3200 3600 It may then be concluded that three important cases can
Photovoltaic power (W)
be identified:
Fig. 6. Renewable contribution and excess part as a function of PV power
for different wind generators (1012 Ah of capacity storage). When the energy excess part is low, the load is not
satisfied.
In the second case, corresponding to the load satisfac-
from 0 to 450 W, the energy excess percentage is nearly zero tion varying between 85% and 100%, in spite of an
for configuration including one wind generator and energy excess, a third energy source (diesel generator) is
increase significantly with increasing wind generator needed to supply the load.
number. In the third case, i.e. when the load is totally supplied
In addition, we can observe that the configurations with an important energy excess, while the satisfaction
including one wind generator, and whatever its power, lead of load is total from a technical point of view, it is not
to the same energy excess. from an energetical one.
An interesting conclusion drawn from Figs. 6 and 7
states that the renewable contribution trend is a linear After the technical process, the levelized cost of energy is
function of the power generator and is independent of the utilized to be the economic benchmark for simulation
battery capacity. This fact is valid even for the large battery calculations in the HWPS model.
capacity. To obtain the hybrid PV/wind system with the lowest
To obtain a total renewable contribution (RC ¼ 1), LEC, several simulations have been done using different
more than 30% of the PV and wind energy production is capacities of wind generator, PV module and battery
unused unless the battery capacity is very large. A storage.
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3500
PV BP 350 (Bat 253) PV BP 3125 (Bat 253)
3.5
algorithm yields only one combination for the optimum
2500 2.5
Cost
of energy are presented in Fig. 8.
2000 2.0 These results show that the:
1500 1.5
PV Power
PV power does not depend on the module power, but
1000 1.0 rather, by including an economical consideration, a
125 W module configuration is better than a 50 W one.
500 0.5
Configuration including battery storage (253 Ah) ap-
0 0.0 pears to be better than that using battery storage
250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000 2250 2500 (102 Ah).
Battery capacity (Ah) From an economical point of view, optimal configura-
tion is determined by the minimum of the cost function
4000 PV BP 350 (Bat 102) PV BP 3125 (Bat 102)
4.5 corresponding to an LPSP equal to zero.
PV BP 350 (Bat 253) PV BP 125 (Bat 253)
3500 4.0
Levelised cost of energy ($/kWh)
Wind generator (1000) Taking into account the results presented in Fig. 8
3.5 (configurations with 125 W module and 253 Ah battery are,
3000
3.0 economically, the best solution), the analysis is now limited
PV power (W)
2500
2.5
only to these element types and for different system
Cost
2000 configurations. The results are presented in Fig. 9, they
2.0 show that:
1500
1.5
1000 PV Power
1.0
Using 125 W modules and different wind turbines
confirms the result obtained previously with a minimal
500 0.5 cost of the kWh. It is interesting to note that using small
0 0.0 wind turbines (600 3) is cheaper than using one wind
250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000 2250 2500 generator of 1000 W.
Battery capacity (Ah) For different system configurations with 100% relia-
Fig. 8. Effect of components choice on levelised costs of energy for an bility, the lowest LCE happens with the same battery
LPSP of 0%. (a) Wind generator (600 W) and (b) wind generator storage, which corresponds to the double capacity of
(1000 W). daily energy consumption. The optimal sizing results are
presented in Table 4.
4000 4.0
Wind Turbine (1000 x 2)
Wind turbine (1000 x 1)
Wind turbine (600 x 3)
Wind turbine (600 x 2) The levelized cost of energy depends on the components
Wind turbine (600 x 1)
3500 3.5 choice, and the economical solution is the configuration
Levelised cost of energy ($/kWh)
2500 2.5 linear parts. In the first part (below a storage battery of
Cost 750 Ah corresponding to three times capacity of daily
2000 2.0
energy consumption), a sharp decrease in the cost is
1500 1.5 observed, which is mainly due to the decrease of PV
PV Power power. In the second part, for a storage capacity of
1000 1.0 battery greater than 500 Ah, the LCE increases gradu-
500 0.5 ally with increasing the storage capacity. This increase is
due to the short life of battery.
0 0.0
250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000 2250 2500
Finally, in Fig. 10, the LCE is given as a function of
Battery Capacity (Ah)
excess energy part, according to these results; we can
Fig. 9. Comparison of levelized costs of energy for different configura- observe that an optimal value of excess energy part for
tions (LPSP ¼ 0). which the LCE is minimum exists. For all system
configurations considered in this study, this value varies
The simulation results representing the levelized costs of from 43% to 46%, depending on the wind generator type.
energy for different combinations satisfying an LPSP of 0 A reduction in the excess energy part, with the same
are presented in Figs. 8 and 9. The figures illustrate conditions of the system reliability, increases the LCE.
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Table 4
Hybrid system optimal sizing results (PV 125 W/battery 253 Ah)
3.20
Wind turbine (600 x 1)
(using 125 W modules) and batteries storage (using 253 Ah
Wind turbine (1000 x 2)
3.00
Wind turbine (600 x 2)
Wind turbine (600 x 3) Wind turbine (1000 x 1) battery) is found as the optimal one from both the
economical and technical point of view.
2.80
Levelised Cost of energy ($/kWh)
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