Techno-Economic Feasibility of a Solar-Wind-Fuel Cell Energy System in Duqm, Oman
Duqm is located in the Al Wasta Governorate in Oman and is currently fed by 10 diesel generators with a total capacity of around 76 MW and other rental power sources with a size of 18 MW. To make the electric power supply come completely from renewables, one novel solution is to replace the diesel w...
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| description | Duqm is located in the Al Wasta Governorate in Oman and is currently fed by 10 diesel generators with a total capacity of around 76 MW and other rental power sources with a size of 18 MW. To make the electric power supply come completely from renewables, one novel solution is to replace the diesel with hydrogen. The extra energy coming from the PV-wind system can be utilized to produce green hydrogen that will be utilized by the fuel cell. Measured data of solar insolation, hourly wind speeds, and hourly load consumption are used in the proposed system. Finding an ideal configuration that can match the load demand and be suitable from an economic and environmental point of view was the main objective of this research. The Hybrid Optimization Model for Multiple Energy Resources (HOMER Pro) microgrid software was used to evaluate the technical and financial performance. The findings demonstrated that the suggested hybrid system (PV-wind-fuel cell) will remove CO<sub>2</sub> emissions at a cost of energy (COE) of USD 0.436/kWh and will reduce noise. With a total CO<sub>2</sub> emission of 205,676,830 kg/year, the levelized cost of energy for the current system is USD 0.196/kWh. The levelized cost for the diesel system will rise to USD 0.243/kWh when taking 100 US dollars per ton of CO<sub>2</sub> into account. Due to system advantages, the results showed that using solar, wind, and fuel cells is the most practical and cost-effective technique. The results of this research illustrated the feasibility and effectiveness of utilizing wind and solar resources for both hydrogen and energy production and also suggested that hydrogen is a more cost-effective long-term energy storage option than batteries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eb86934c41d2440791161b606f9573b22023-12-01T22:54:32ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-07-011515537910.3390/en15155379Techno-Economic Feasibility of a Solar-Wind-Fuel Cell Energy System in Duqm, OmanAbdullah Al-Badi0Abdulmajeed Al Wahaibi1Razzaqul Ahshan2Arif Malik3Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 33, Al Khoudh, Muscat 123, OmanDepartment of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 33, Al Khoudh, Muscat 123, OmanDepartment of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 33, Al Khoudh, Muscat 123, OmanDepartment of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 33, Al Khoudh, Muscat 123, OmanDuqm is located in the Al Wasta Governorate in Oman and is currently fed by 10 diesel generators with a total capacity of around 76 MW and other rental power sources with a size of 18 MW. To make the electric power supply come completely from renewables, one novel solution is to replace the diesel with hydrogen. The extra energy coming from the PV-wind system can be utilized to produce green hydrogen that will be utilized by the fuel cell. Measured data of solar insolation, hourly wind speeds, and hourly load consumption are used in the proposed system. Finding an ideal configuration that can match the load demand and be suitable from an economic and environmental point of view was the main objective of this research. The Hybrid Optimization Model for Multiple Energy Resources (HOMER Pro) microgrid software was used to evaluate the technical and financial performance. The findings demonstrated that the suggested hybrid system (PV-wind-fuel cell) will remove CO<sub>2</sub> emissions at a cost of energy (COE) of USD 0.436/kWh and will reduce noise. With a total CO<sub>2</sub> emission of 205,676,830 kg/year, the levelized cost of energy for the current system is USD 0.196/kWh. The levelized cost for the diesel system will rise to USD 0.243/kWh when taking 100 US dollars per ton of CO<sub>2</sub> into account. Due to system advantages, the results showed that using solar, wind, and fuel cells is the most practical and cost-effective technique. The results of this research illustrated the feasibility and effectiveness of utilizing wind and solar resources for both hydrogen and energy production and also suggested that hydrogen is a more cost-effective long-term energy storage option than batteries.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/15/5379hydrogen productionrenewable energywind turbinesPVfuel cellbatteries |
| spellingShingle | Abdullah Al-Badi Abdulmajeed Al Wahaibi Razzaqul Ahshan Arif Malik Techno-Economic Feasibility of a Solar-Wind-Fuel Cell Energy System in Duqm, Oman Energies hydrogen production renewable energy wind turbines PV fuel cell batteries |
| title | Techno-Economic Feasibility of a Solar-Wind-Fuel Cell Energy System in Duqm, Oman |
| title_full | Techno-Economic Feasibility of a Solar-Wind-Fuel Cell Energy System in Duqm, Oman |
| title_fullStr | Techno-Economic Feasibility of a Solar-Wind-Fuel Cell Energy System in Duqm, Oman |
| title_full_unstemmed | Techno-Economic Feasibility of a Solar-Wind-Fuel Cell Energy System in Duqm, Oman |
| title_short | Techno-Economic Feasibility of a Solar-Wind-Fuel Cell Energy System in Duqm, Oman |
| title_sort | techno economic feasibility of a solar wind fuel cell energy system in duqm oman |
| topic | hydrogen production renewable energy wind turbines PV fuel cell batteries |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/15/5379 |
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