Hybrid Microgrids Containing Renewable Energy Sources (archived)
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Craparo, Emily
Singham, Dashi
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2014-06-04
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Web page capture on this date: 2014-06-04
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en_US
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Hybrid microgrids containing renewable energy sources represent a promising option for organizations wishing to
reduce costs while increasing energy security and islanding time. A prime example of such an organization is the
U.S. military, which often operates in isolated areas and whose reliance on a fragile commercial electric grid is seen
as a security risk. However, incorporating renewable sources into a microgrid is difficult due to their typically
intermittent and unpredictable nature. We use simulation techniques to investigate the performance of a
hypothetical hybrid microgrid containing both wind turbines and fossil fuel based power sources.
Our simulation
model produces realistic weather forecast scenarios, which we use to exercise our optimization model and predict
optimal grid performance. We perform a sensitivity analysis and explore the impact of the planning horizon on
solution quality for day-ahead schedule optimization.
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NPS Defense Energy Seminar
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Energy Academic Group
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.