The performance of a hybrid wind–solar power plant in southwestern Minnesota is modeled for a 2-yr period using hourly wind and solar insolation data. The wind portion of the plant consists of four interconnected wind farms within a radius of 90km. The solar component of the plant is a...

Nowadays, renewable energy systems are taking place than the conventional energy systems. Especially, PV systems and wind energy conversion systems (WECS) are taking a big role in supplying world's energy necessity. Efficiency of such types of renewable energy systems is being tried to be...

This paper presents a power production system for the isolated insular power system of the islands Karpathos and Kasos. Karpathos and Kasos are two small islands, located in the South-East Aegean Sea (Dodecanese complex) that are not connected to the main power distribution network. Energy...

The impact of the sampling time interval for energy demands on the optimal operational planning of residential cogeneration systems without electric power export was analyzed. To improve their operational flexibility, focus was also placed on battery installation. First, an optimal operational...