Wind/PV/diesel micro grid system implemented in remote islands in the Republic of Maldives

Nayar, C.V.; Tang, Markson; Suponthana, W.

doi:10.1109/icset.2008.4747166

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“…They are ideal for remote locations, like the Maldives [16], and for rural electrification where connectivity to the macrogrid is infeasible. Microgrids enable local integration of renewable sources and could encourage conservative practices through community participation.…”

Section: Microgridsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Collaborative energy conservation in a microgrid

Jain¹,

Khadilkar²,

Sengupta³

et al. 2014

Proceedings of the 1st ACM Conference on Embedded Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings

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KBFSC (Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre) is a research centre located in a remote tropical evergreen rainforest in Brunei Darussalam in South East Asia. It is visited by biologists and ecologists from all over the world. Power is available at the centre for 8-10 hours per day from a diesel generator (DG). The diesel travels2-3 hours by road, by boat and on foot over harsh terrain to reach the centre from the closest gas station. This paper describes the software and hardware of a microgrid system that was designed and deployed at KBFSC to reduce the fuel consumption while improving duration of power availability. A key feature of the energy management software is a collaborative scheduler interface that provides visitors at the centre the choice of scheduling appliance usage. The system optimises generator active hours using a customised DG Optimiser technique, to ensure minimum diesel consumption. Simulations extrapolating from empirical data suggest that our system could reduce diesel consumption by a third, and total cost by 20%, while making power available 24 hours a day. In addition, a user study with 8 visitors and 4 administrators showed that the collaborative scheduler interface is effective and usable.

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Section: Microgridsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Collaborative energy conservation in a microgrid

Jain¹,

Khadilkar²,

Sengupta³

et al. 2014

Proceedings of the 1st ACM Conference on Embedded Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings

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“…As can be seen in this Figure 1, photovoltaic modules (PV) on the two separate sites, battery bank, and six variable-speed Hybrid Gens [6] will be used as energy sources. Variable-speed Hybrid Gen has been successfully applied in many power systems in rural areas to reduce the fuel consumption and CO 2 emission [2,7,8]. PV modules are divided into two separate systems because of limitation of available space.…”

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“…Hybrid power system with employment of renewable energy in remote area/islands has been reported to be able to reduce both the economic cost and environmental impacts through reduction of diesel consumption and CO 2 emission [1,2]. Availability and feasibility of Solar PV, wind, and other renewable energy resources have been assessed by WorleyParsons, which was commissioned by EMA in 2009 [3].…”

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confidence: 99%

Design and Implementation of stand-alone smart grid employing renewable energy resources on Pulau Ubin Island of Singapore

Yang¹,

Rimali²,

Tang³

et al. 2012

2012 Asia-Pacific Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility

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This paper presents the design and implementation of an intelligent micro-grid with high percentage of clean and renewable energy resources on Pulau Ubin Island to meet existing and future electricity demand. Pulau Ubin is one of the rare enclaves in highly urbanized Singapore to maintain its rustic charm of "village" life, which is representative of Singapore in her early days of development. The system design has considered all possible energy sources, energy conversion efficiency, power demand, as well as environmental and economic concerns. Photovoltaic (PV), bio-diesel powered doubly fed induction generators are utilized to generate electricity. Energy storage system has been properly sized to maximize the use of renewable energy and to prolong the battery life. Smart-grid technologies, including smart meters, micro grid controller, and remote monitoring system with SCADA functions have been employed to optimize the energy generation, monitor energy consumption, manage instantaneous power flow, maintain electricity quality, and generate fault alerts. This project also serves as a platform for the test-bedding of clean and renewable energy generation and storage as well as advanced grid control technologies under an intelligent Micro-grid infrastructure. These smart grid features have the great potential to be applied to grid connected micro grids. Upon the successful implementation of this system, it can serve as a model of sustainable development for many areas in Asia, of which roughly 40% of its population have little or no access to electricity.

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“…The hybrid system consists of 4.5kW PV system, 2kW wind system, and 5kWh battery. Paper [6] also presents an innovative wind/PV/diesel hybrid system implemented in three remote islands in the Republic of Maldives. In this micro-grid system, twenty four 1.8 kW wind turbines are coupled to the micro-grid, and 2.5 kWp of amorphous silicon PV modules are connected to AC grid through single phase grid connected inverter.…”

Section: Case Studies On Small-scale Hybrid Generation Systemsmentioning

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“…In this micro-grid system, twenty four 1.8 kW wind turbines are coupled to the micro-grid, and 2.5 kWp of amorphous silicon PV modules are connected to AC grid through single phase grid connected inverter. This paper [6] undertakes renewable energy system planning using the software tool HOMER and to analyses the various options paying particular attention to the cost per unit of electricity consumed, fuel saved and initial capital requirements. In [7], a hybrid system of the pilot project in Lençóis Island located in the north area of Brazil is proposed.…”

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Review of the Optimal Design on a Hybrid Renewable Energy System

Chang

2016

MATEC Web of Conferences

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Abstract. Hybrid renewable energy systems, combining various kinds of technologies, have shown relatively high capabilities to solve reliability problems and have reduced cost challenges. The use of hybrid electricity generation/storage technologies is reasonable to overcome related shortcomings. While the hybrid renewable energy system is attractive, its design, specifically the determination of the size of PV, wind, and diesel power generators and the size of energy storage system in each power station, is very challenging. Therefore, this paper will focus on the system planning and operation of hybrid generation systems, and several corresponding topics and papers by using intelligent computing methods will be reviewed. They include typical case studies, modeling and system simulation, control and management, reliability and economic studies, and optimal design on a reliable hybrid generation system.

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Wind/PV/diesel micro grid system implemented in remote islands in the Republic of Maldives

Cited by 48 publications

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Collaborative energy conservation in a microgrid

Collaborative energy conservation in a microgrid

Design and Implementation of stand-alone smart grid employing renewable energy resources on Pulau Ubin Island of Singapore

Review of the Optimal Design on a Hybrid Renewable Energy System

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