An innovative design of a solar-wind hybrid system

Abstract

Continuously diminishing fossil fuel reservoirs and limited land area for energy harnessing has compelled researchers to shift their focus towards renewable energy. Though these resources are available in abundance but, even the best available energy harnessing technologies are not mature enough to yield the best efficiencies in terms of energy harnessing/m2 of the land deployed. The present paper focuses on the innovative design of a hybrid Solar-Wind system to exploit the better energy harnessing per sq. m. of land where both the solar and wind energy resources are available in abundance. A theoretical study on implication of the hybrid design is carried out at the selected locations of Umrala and Haripar in India. The solar irradiance and wind velocity data for the last three decades for these sites are collected using PVsyst software. The yielded results would definitely result in effective utilization of land, and increase in energy density.