Optimization of renewable energy based microgrid for Mehran UET Jamshoro

Abstract

Abstract Renewable energy sources are promising good for providing efficient energy resource with environment friendly advantage. The supply side planning because of microgrid is making it important as transmission fixed and operational costs are reduced. This paper focuses on the optimal design, life cycle cost, and power quality analysis of microgrid. Two options were selected: in the first option isolated microgrid is designed and in the latter option microgid is connected with the national grid. The both models were compared for economic point of view. The compared optimized model is created for which power quality is analyzed and discussed. The most famous energy modeling software named HOMER hybrid renewable energy system, is used for comparing the models while MATLAB/SIMULINK is used for simulating the model for power quality analysis.