An Intelligent Load Management Technique for Remotely Located Areas powered by Grid Connected Solar/Diesel Generator Based System

Issues of energy crisis, exponential increase in demand and concern for environment motivate the world to discover suitable alternatives that can address these issues. At present, renewable energy sources is one of the possible options that have enormous potential to fulfil the ever increasing demand with less impact on environment and society. In the present paper, a grid connected solar photovoltaic/diesel generator powered hybrid system is considered for a remote locality in order to meet the electrical energy demand. The considered hybrid system has been optimized in HOMER software to meet a suitable value of power reliability at minimum net present cost (NPC). Further, energy efficiency based load management technique has been applied in the considered system. Finally, system with and without load management technique are also compared based on several techno-economic parameters.