Comparative Analysis of On- and Off-Grid Electrification: The Case of Two South Korean Islands
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. System Configuration
2.1. Load Profile
2.2. Renewable Energy Resources
2.2.1. Wind Energy Resources
2.2.2. Solar Energy Resources
2.3. Background Economic Rationale
2.4. Renewable Energy Generation Systems
2.5. Grids
3. Optimization and Simulation Results
3.1. Jindo-Gun: Optimized PV-Wind-Battery-Converter Hybrid Systems
3.2. Wando-Gun: Optimized PV-Wind-Battery-Converter Hybrid Systems
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Component | Capital ($) | Replacement ($) | O&M * ($) | Salvage ($) | Total ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PV | 525,000 | 0 | 93,417 | −83,701 | 534,716 |
BWC Excel-S | 247,500 | 208,800 | 26,691 | −131,530 | 351,461 |
Surrette 6CS25P | 175,000 | 152,744 | 12,456 | −46,501 | 293,699 |
Converter | 44,000 | 37,120 | 9787 | −23,383 | 67,523 |
System | 991,500 | 398,664 | 142,350 | −285,115 | 1,247,399 |
Component | Capital ($) | Replacement ($) | O&M * ($) | Salvage ($) | Total ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PV | 1,125,000 | 0 | 200,179 | −179,359 | 1,145,820 |
BWC Excel-S | 330,000 | 278,400 | 35,587 | −175,373 | 468,614 |
Surrette 6CS25P | 312,500 | 272,756 | 22,242 | −83,037 | 524,462 |
Converter | 56,000 | 47,244 | 12,456 | −29,760 | 85,939 |
System | 1,823,500 | 598,400 | 270,464 | −467,530 | 2,224,835 |
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Kim, H.; Baek, S.; Choi, K.H.; Kim, D.; Lee, S.; Kim, D.; Chang, H.J. Comparative Analysis of On- and Off-Grid Electrification: The Case of Two South Korean Islands. Sustainability 2016, 8, 350. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8040350
Kim H, Baek S, Choi KH, Kim D, Lee S, Kim D, Chang HJ. Comparative Analysis of On- and Off-Grid Electrification: The Case of Two South Korean Islands. Sustainability. 2016; 8(4):350. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8040350
Chicago/Turabian StyleKim, Heetae, Seoin Baek, Kyu Ha Choi, Dojin Kim, Seongmin Lee, Dahill Kim, and Hyun Joon Chang. 2016. "Comparative Analysis of On- and Off-Grid Electrification: The Case of Two South Korean Islands" Sustainability 8, no. 4: 350. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8040350
APA StyleKim, H., Baek, S., Choi, K. H., Kim, D., Lee, S., Kim, D., & Chang, H. J. (2016). Comparative Analysis of On- and Off-Grid Electrification: The Case of Two South Korean Islands. Sustainability, 8(4), 350. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8040350