Optimization And Analysis Of A Hybrid System In Tromso Norway By Using Homer Software

Gelareh Hajian, Mohammad Saeed Ahadi, Mohamadreza eskandari::In the cold climate of Nordic countries (Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway) energy is vital for survival. The scarcity and uneven distribution of energy resources, rising energy prices and concern for climate change have all contributed to growing global need for energy ef?ciency and increased use of renewable energy resources. In this paper PV-Wind-Hybrid systems have been studied in Tromso, Norway. The load is considered as a remote load, where grid connection is almost not possible, because of the various issues such as the high price of using transmission line or the difficulties in providing electricity from power line, so using energy generation system can be a reliable and optimized source of energy in such cases. The study has been performed with the simulation tool: HOMER software which is developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for techno-economic feasibility studies of hybrid systems. Here, HOMER is used to examine the most cost effective configurations among set of systems for electricity requirement of 53 KWh/day primary remote load with 7.8 kW peak load in order to obtain the most feasible configuration of a hybrid renewable energy system. Meteorological data about solar radiation throughout a year and wind speed in the Tromso city are taken from RETScreen software.