Size optimization for a hybrid photovoltaic-wind energy system

Because photovoltaic (PV) and wind energies are renewable and free from greenhouse gas, they can be alternatives to fossil fuels. So far, many researchers have cost-optimally designed hybrid PV-wind systems. However, they have seldom provided whole datasets for other researchers to fully understand their approaches and to tackle the same problem with their novel techniques. Thus, this study shows one example of the optimal design of a hybrid PV-wind system by providing (1) regular optimization formulation, (2) full dataset, and (3) computing results with various design constraints. Hopefully many researchers will apply various optimization techniques to the problem in the future. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.