Optimal Dispatch and Energy Management of Hybrid Microgrids: A Case Study of an Urban Community
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Electronics (Switzerland), Volume 14, issue 21
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Energy is a vital component of life today, and providing reliable power access remains a significant global challenge, particularly in remote areas. In Egypt, several isolated regions, including parts of South Sinai, suffer from limited electricity access. This study presents an enhanced environmental and techno-economic modeling of an off-grid hybrid renewable energy microgrid (HREM) tailored for such regions. A proposed configuration combining photovoltaic (PV) panels, wind turbines (WTs), a converter (CONV), and battery energy storage is evaluated to meet the residential energy demand of an isolated community in South Sinai. Four feasible system models, PV/CONV/BAT, WT/CONV/BAT, PV/WT/CONV/BAT, and a standalone diesel generator, were simulated using hybrid optimization of multiple energy resources. The cost of energy was analyzed under different scenarios. The results show that the combination of a 1109 kW PV system, 16 × 25 kW WTs, 439 kW converter, and 353 batteries is the best configuration that leads to the lowest values of Net Present Cost (NPC) and Levelized Cost of Energy (COE), and zero unmet load, making it the most economically and environmentally viable configuration.Description
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Hussein, M, Mohamed, A, Bendary, A F, El Zoghby, H, Hassan, H, Lehtonen, M, Darwish, M M F & Afia, R S A 2025, 'Optimal Dispatch and Energy Management of Hybrid Microgrids: A Case Study of an Urban Community', Electronics (Switzerland), vol. 14, no. 21, 4141. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14214141