Abstract:
Further combination of renewable sources is needed for improving grid economical
management. Therefore, a good energy management of the hybrid renewable plant is more
important to make the system more economically feasible. This study will promote to an
optimal operational efficiency of a hybrid renewable energy plant. The initial objective will
be minimizing the system operation and maintenance costs. Secondly maximizing the sales of
energy to the grid based on the time-of-use tariffs scheme.
Both wind and solar have tremendous potential for fulfilling the world’s energy needs.
Renewable generation, especially from wind and solar concepts are critical technologies
needed to address global warming and related issues. Solar and wind power plants exhibit
changing dynamics, nonlinearities, and uncertainties challenges that require advanced control
strategies to solve effectively. The use of more efficient control strategies would not only
increase the performance of these systems, but would also increase the number of operational
hours of solar and wind plants and therefore reduce the cost per kilowatt-hour (KWh)
produced.
The key challenge is to reduce the cost of renewable energies to reasonably priced levels.
Control and related technologies will be necessary for solving these complex problems.
