Hybrid PV-Diesel Energy Systems Planning for Beginners
About this course
Hybrid PV systems are suitable for off grid or unreliable grid areas, they are the best solution:
*Where a generator could be used 24h/7;
*When the effective cost of fuel at the point of consumption, including transportation and storage, exceed one dollar per liter;
*Where there is willingness to save operational expenditure or to reduce on CO2 emissions and going green.
This short course provides a quick recap of Solar PV basics and then walk you through the main planning steps of a Diesel - PV hybrid system.
At the end of the course, you will be able to:
- List the components of a PV-Diesel hybrid systems and describe their working principles
- Discuss the benefits of integration of photovoltaic energy with conventional fossil fuel based generator
- Be able to shape a load profile for a specific user
- Be able to size the components of a PV-Diesel hybrid system based on a specific load profile
Course outline
Module 1 • 12 assignments
Hybrid PV- diesel energy systems planning basics
- Solar PV Basics (.pdf)
- Load estimate (06:18 minutes)
- Load profile (02:42 minutes)
- Energy efficiency (02:22 minutes)
- Sizing the PV array (03:23 minutes)
- Diesel generators (03:22 minutes)
- Selecting the generator (01:02 minutes)
- Energy storage (02:26 minutes)
- Sizing the battery bank
- Inverter (02:37 minutes)
- Specifying the inverter (01:14 minutes)
- Hybrid PV-diesel energy systems planning (.pdf)
Instructor
Mathy Mpassy Isinki
Mathy is the founder of Energy One Africa, a company founded with the goal of giving energy access to underserved low income consumers via pay-as-you-go. Energy One Africa's subscribers own a solar lamp after its full payment through small increments equivalent to their current kerosene lighting expense. Energy One Africa plans to reach 33000 subscribers in the rural...
