Abstract
This paper presents a techno-economic assessment for a unique Isolated Hybrid Power System (IHPS) design which could be used for remote areas isolated from the grid which also has the capability of being operated as a smart the hybrid energy system considering solar and wind energy sources for the purpose of street lighting. Solar-Wind Street light is an intelligent, small scale, and off grid LED lighting system. The modelling design and simulations were based on Simulations conducted using the Data collected and HOMER Energy Planning and Design software tools. Its components are solar panel, wind generator system (PVC blowers), Dynamo, LDRs, battery, LED light, charge controller. The energy stored in battery during day time due to solar panel, get extracted by LEDs during the night time (because LDRs get activated due to absence of sun light). Wind also charges the batteries due to wind which is used for glowing street light. The advantage of this idea is to avoid daily running cost and make the system purely off-grid. In this prototype, we have used 12V DC system to supply energy to the lights.
Highlights
Energy is one of the most important components of economic infrastructure
This paper presents a techno-economic assessment for a unique Isolated Hybrid Power System (IHPS) design which could be used for remote areas isolated from the grid which has the capability of being operated as a smart the hybrid energy system considering solar and wind energy sources for the purpose of street lighting
The modelling design and simulations were based on Simulations conducted using the Data collected and HOMER Energy Planning and Design software tools
Summary
Energy is one of the most important components of economic infrastructure. It is the basic input required to sustain economic growth. There is direct relation between the level of economic development and per capita energy consumption. Speaking more developed a country, higher is the per capita consumption of energy and vice versa. The per capita electricity consumption in India has been increasing continuously over the last decade because of the significant improvement in electrification of villages. Compared to some of the developed countries of the world, the per capita electricity consumption in India is very low. India’s per capita consumption is 1/3rd of the world average and is just 10% of that of Australia. It is just 7.5% that of USA and 6.6% of Canada. The per capita consumption in UK is more than 5 times that of India.
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