Optimal Design of Hybrid Renewable Energy System off grid in Al-Diwaniyah, Iraq

This research presents a hybrid renewable energy combined system (wind, solar, and with fuel gasoline energy resources) to replace an old energy source. The HOMER software has been used to optimize the cost and energy for the Diwaniyah, Iraq area to find alternative energy sources. Alternative combined clean energy sources (hybrid energy system) can be suitable as an energy source to control air pollutions and to find alternative power for uneconomical and difficult grid extension rural areas. Hybrid system can provide high reliable electricity more than a single renewable energy system (such as, photovoltaic only, wind only). In this work we mainly focus on combined of renewable energy systems that consists of PV-battery and wind system. The hybrid system has a huge potential to utilize compared with using only a generator system. The hybrid energy system has been developed an optimization model for optimal operating strategy of photovoltaic, wind and a generator. All meteorological & load data has been collected and modulated by HOMER software from selected area (Diwaniyah, Iraq). (paper)