Hybrid renewable energy-fuel cell system: Design and performance evaluation

The paper introduces hybrid photovoltaic-wind-diesel generation systems supplying a remote power load considering the advantages of sustainable energy from the economic point of view. In particular, a cost investment valuation is performed on a real plant showing the effect of sustainable economical saving. The possibility to introduce a fuel cell generation device in a photovoltaic-wind existing plant for supplying Telecommunication apparatus is also investigated and the results are reported and discussed in the paper. Furthermore, starting from measured data. a control system is realized in order to verify the functionality of the plant. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.