Abstract
The world's attention is now focused on the growing need to diversify energy sources. Saudi Arabia has the natural stress to take the trait of the huge opportunities in the renewable energy sector. The purpose of this study is to analyze the utilization of the solar, wind and biomass energy in a standalone hybrid power generation system for pastoral electrification in AlJouf, Saudi Arabia. To achieve this target, four standalone systems have been introduced which are, PV/Wind, PV/Biomass, Wind/Biomass, and PV/Wind/Biomass system. Various groups of wind turbines, PV solar systems, and biomass generator are simulated, modeled and optimized to define the ultimate energy dynamic and estimate -effective arrangement for the studied territory. HOMER computer package has been applied to carry out the techno-economic feasibility of the introduced projects, considering the Net Present Cost (NPC), and the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) as frugal points.