The depletion of fossil fuels and their environ mental consequences have prompted searching for other sources of energy aiming to global status amelioration. In the recent past, renewable energy sources have been considered as alternatives for the fossil fuel energy sources. The unexpected pattern of natural resources assesses integrated utilizat ion of these sources to provide persistent and reliable power supply to the consumers. The technology's advantages, requirements and related improvements are underlined and results are generalized. This paper covers the design of a solar and wind based hybrid renewable system presenting calculations and considerations in order to achieve an optimized design. Since hybrid systems performance relies main ly on geographical an d meteorological aspects, the study will consider the case of the Mediterranean area and in particu lar Lebanon.

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Application tools are increasingly being used in lectures to give computer simulation users a friendly and visual way to specify all input parameters with more configuration flexibility. The analysis and simulation of small to large‐scale electric power systems are done in this study using a software program called Application Tool for Power System (ATPS), which is based on MATLAB APP and Simulink. Anyone can look at the internal workings of ATPS, which is open‐source software, to learn how to code a power engineering problem. Due to its ease of use and adaptability, it is designed to be a simulation tool for researchers and educators. Power flow, stability, faults, economic dispatch, unit commitment, and time‐domain simulation analysis are all topics that are covered by ATPS methods. Additionally, classroom use has shown that the suggested software package helps to consolidate a better knowledge of power system problems.