| dc.description.abstract | Algeria’s energy mix is almost exclusively based on fossil fuels (Meriem
in Renewable Energy in Algeria Reality and Perspective, pp. 1–19, 2018) [1], especially
natural gas. However, the country has enormous renewable energy potential,
mainly solar, which the government is trying to harness by launching an ambitious
renewable energy and energy efficiency programs (Ministry of Energy and Mining
of Algeria in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Program, 2011) [2]. Despite
being a hydrocarbon-rich nation, Algeria is making efforts to harness its renewable
energy potential. The renewable energies could represent an economic solution for
the case of isolated sites, but their intermittency needs a storage system, that could be
either by the use of batteries or hydrogen technologies. However, these two storage
systems still face challenges, especially economic ones. This study deals with an
economic study of several configurations of renewable energy systems, it aims to
compare between the conventional storage systems and the new technologies of the
hydrogen. In this study, HOMER will be used to simulate three configurations for a
school on the high land region of Algeria named Had-Saharry. Many configurations
will be simulated using HOMER in order to have an over view about the technoeconomic
feasibility and the use of hydrogen for the storage. The system has been
designed according to the school’s load profile. Then compare between the costs of
the systems and their performance on the Algerian high lands weather conditions.
As result the systems with batteries proved to be less expensive than the hydrogen
storage, as well as, the hybrid system (PV, WECS) proved to be cost effective. | en_US |
