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Quantifying techno-economic indicators' impact on isolated renewable energy systems.

Muhammad Shahzad Javed^1,2, Tao Ma^1,2, Navid Mousavi³

¹School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.

|July 26, 2021

Summary

Decarbonizing energy requires off-grid renewable energy systems (RES). This study optimizes wind and solar microgrids with storage, revealing operational losses significantly impact cost and reliability.

Keywords:

Earth sciences energy engineering energy policy energy systems

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Area of Science:

Renewable Energy Systems
Energy Storage Technologies
Techno-economic Analysis

Background:

Global energy demand is rising, necessitating electricity sector decarbonization.
Off-grid renewable energy systems (RESs) are crucial for flexible and efficient energy solutions.
Previous studies often overlooked variable operational losses in RES techno-economic assessments.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze the techno-economic operation of off-grid wind and solar microgrids with battery and pumped hydro storage.
To evaluate diverse multi-objective optimization cases for robust RES performance.
To investigate the impact of RES variable operational losses on system indicators.

Main Methods:

Development of a methodology incorporating RES variable operational losses.
Multi-objective optimization analysis of wind and solar microgrids with integrated storage.
Evaluation of relationships between key performance indicators like reliability, self-sufficiency, and cost.

Main Results:

Identified inverse relationship between reliability and oversupply indices.
Demonstrated direct relationship between reliability and system self-sufficiency.
Found energy cost is more sensitive to technical indicators than storage costs.
Quantified 16%-20% energy loss due to RES operational inefficiencies.

Conclusions:

Operational losses in RES are a significant factor impacting energy cost and system reliability.
Cost of energy can serve as a primary monetary index due to its sensitivity to technical parameters.
Optimized off-grid RES require careful consideration of storage and operational efficiencies for robust performance.