Microgrid System Evaluation Using Capacity Factor For an Off-grid Community in Nigeria

Authors

  • Elizabeth Oses Amuta Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
  • Wara Samuel Tita Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
  • Agbetuyi Ayoade Felix Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
  • Orovwode Hope Evwieroghene Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
  • Matthew Simeon Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria
  • Tobi Somefun Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.11523

Keywords:

Microgrid, Net Present Cost, Capacity factor, Simple Payback Period, Cost of Electricity

Abstract

With the high rate of economic development, there is an increasing load demand even in rural communities and Obayantor in Nigeria. Obayantor, having zero connection to the primary grid, needs electricity. Following the community located in a tropical rejoin of Nigeria, it has enough solar energy sources.  With the high price of diesel fuel, solar microgrid seems to be the best energy solution for the rural community.    In this study, technical and economic analysis was carried out on the solar-based microgrid and compared with a diesel-only microgrid using MATLAB Software tool. The results show that the solar microgrid is more cost-effective and has a cheaper COE, affordable for the rural community compared with the diesel microgrid, which is more expensive to afford.  The Annual system cost for the solar microgrid was lower compared with the diesel source. The result also revealed that the diesel-alone microgrid system is 4.71 times and 0.2 times more costly than the solar-based microgrid system in terms of the cost of energy and ASC, respectively. Thereby making the diesel microgrid not having technical and economic feasibility for the community.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2022-03-20

How to Cite

Amuta, E. O., Tita, W. S., Felix, A. A., Evwieroghene, O. H., Simeon, M., & Somefun, T. (2022). Microgrid System Evaluation Using Capacity Factor For an Off-grid Community in Nigeria. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 12(2), 181–187. https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.11523

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2022)

Section

Articles

License

Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously , that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, will not be published elsewhere in the same form, without the written consent of the Publisher. The Editors reserve the right to edit or otherwise alter all contributions, but authors will receive proofs for approval before publication.