Design and implementation of a prototype hybrid micro grid model for available weather conditions

Abstract

The increasing threat to environment and the consequent depletion of renewable energy resources has led the hybrid energy system to come in the forefront. A renewable energy model (PV-wind hybrid integration) is complementary in nature and can potentially address the energy crisis in the fast developing society. A MATLAB/SIMULINK based PV-wind hybrid generation system is developed. The proposed work is aimed at to design and simulate a hybrid model according to the power needs of a test area consisting of around thirty households with 4 kWh/day average household requirement. The simulated study is cross verified with the similar hardware prototype to check feasibility, sustainability and viability of the hybrid model. The weather conditions consisting of insolation, day, time, temperature, latitude, longitude, panel angle, etc. of the test area have been acquired for hardware purpose. A case study of a state in India is used to develop the proposed model. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Singh, S., Gaur, P., Kapoor, M., Goel, S., Singh, S. and Negi, S. (2019) 'Design and implementation of a prototype hybrid micro grid model for available weather conditions', Int.