Optimizing Hybrid Power Systems for Sustainable Operation of Telecommunication Infrastructure
Abstract
The optimal system model comprising wind/photovoltaic hybrid power system with battery storage is designed by employing the energy-equilibrium strategy. The problem objective considered is in terms of cost but the energy system is constrained to reliably meet the power demand. Evaluation of the optimum sizing, cost and operation of the power system was carried out, utilizing 22-year meteorological datasets for a case study site (latitude 11°50.9′N and longitude 13°9.6′E) in Nigeria. The optimum design size comprising 1 kW wind turbine, 2.55 kW photovoltaic array, with 19.36 kWh battery storage system can reliably power the fourth-generation cellular site under study in a sustainable pathway at an energy cost saving of 94.4 %. This will enhance African cities’ decarbonization agenda by switching from conventional fossil fuel to a carbon-neutral energy system to benefit the immediate operational environment and the city at large.
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