Techno-Economic-Eco Design and Investigation of Hybrid Energy Generation Systems in Tropics

Pallavi Choudhary, Ashok Akella

Abstract


India being a land of diversified flora, has a promising resource of biomass which when utilized to its best can cope with the elevating need of power. This research proposes such a biomass-based energy generation system, that can cater the power needs of remote areas in tropical deciduous forests. A simulation and techno-economic and ecological investigation of eight hybrid energy generation architectures have been carried out. PV-BI-SU model was found to be the most appropriate system to cater the domestic, agricultural and commercial demand of a cluster of 10 villages in tropical highlands of India. This configuration proposes least cost of energy (0.077 $/kWh) at and computed net cost of $ 380415. 30.3% (106240 kWh/year) of power is generated by PV and remaining 69.7% (321580 kWh/year) by Biomass generator. Ecologically, the proposed architecture predicts a cut down of GHG (CO2) emissions to mere 82 kg/year. The results can help policy makers, researchers and designers on the latest constraints as well as policies for PV-BI based systems.


Keywords


Renewable Energy, Hybrid Energy Systems, Biomass, Solar Photovoltaics, GHG.

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