Techno-economic potential of retrofitting diesel power systems with hybrid wind-photovoltaic-diesel systems for off-grid electrification of remote villages of Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Green Energy

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 632-646

  Shaahid, S M ^a   El Amin, I ^a   Rehman, S ^a   Al Shehri, A ^a   Ahmad, F ^a   Bakashwain, J ^a   Al Hadhrami, Luai M ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Diesel generators; Hybrid systems; PV; Remote loads; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CAPACITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEGRADATION; CARBON EMISSIONS; CLIMATIC ANOMALIES; COLD WINTER; DAILY GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; DIESEL GENERATORS; DRIVING FORCES; ECONOMIC POTENTIALS; ELECTRICAL ENERGY DEMAND; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FUEL SAVINGS; HUB HEIGHT; HYBRID CONFIGURATIONS; HYBRID OPTIMIZATION; HYBRID WIND; KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; OFF-GRID ELECTRIFICATION; OIL PRICES; POTENTIAL MARKETS; POWER SYSTEMS; PV; PV PANEL; PV-DIESEL SYSTEMS; REMOTE LOADS; REMOTE LOCATION; REMOTE VILLAGES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE SOURCES; RENEWABLES; SAUDI ARABIA; SIMULATION RESULT; SOLAR RADIATION DATA; TECHNO-ECONOMIC STUDIES; TECHNO-ECONOMICS; WIND ENERGY; WIND FARM; WIND FARM CAPACITY; WIND MACHINES; WIND SPEED;

COSTS; DIESEL FUELS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL ECONOMY; GLOBAL WARMING; HYBRID COMPUTERS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RETROFITTING; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; STORMS; SUN; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

CARBON EMISSION; DIESEL; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; SOLAR POWER; VILLAGE; WIND TURBINE;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 78650222763     PISSN: 15435075     EISSN: 15435083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15435075.2010.529408     Document Type: Article

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