Modeling Design of 800 Watt Power Hybrid System in Lhokseumawe City Coastal Area

Abstract

The increasing demand for electrical energy, resulting in more natural resources such as petroleum, natural gas and others. This is also caused by the lack of awareness of electricity energy savings for example turn on the lights during the day. There are several ways to save electric energy one of them by using Hybrid Power Generation. Hybrid power plant is a power plant that uses more than one energy source, such as by using solar and wind energy. In addition to the free use of solar this as an effort to reduce human dependence on coal, oil and natural gas whose source will be thinning when used continuously. Hybrid Power Generation System is the integration of renewable energy based power system. The main goal is to save fuel consumption and reduce emissions, especially CO2. The design and simulation of a hybrid power plant system utilizes wind and solar energy potential for small-scale (800 VA) housing units in the coastal area of Lhokseumawe city of Aceh Utara district. the proposed Hybrid Power Generation system is able to meet 100% of the electrical load for homes in the coastal area of Lhokseumawe city. The portion of solar energy is 50% and 50% comes from wind turbines. This study aims to explore solar energy and wind energy as a source of renewable electrical energy. In the implementation of testing used homer software to simulate the conditions of sunlight intensity and wind speed in the coastal area of Lhokseumawe city. The utilization of energy converted to direct current energy is converted to alternating current, the wind turbine used to power the electric generator combination of both energy sources will be applied to the residential electric needs in the coastal area of Lhokseumawe city.