An in-depth study of the principles and technologies of wind-solar
Wind-solar hybrid systems, renewable energy technologies that combine wind and solar energy, are particularly important because they improve the stability and efficiency of
Figure 1 shows the structure of a wind-solar-hydro-thermal-storage multi-source complementary power system, which is composed of conventional units (thermal power units, hydropower units, etc.), new energy units (photovoltaic power plants, wind farms, etc.), energy storage systems, and loads.
A progressive approach based on three coefficients is used to quantitatively assess the complementarity of wind and solar energy resources. Capacity factors of wind and solar power are obtained through virtual energy system models. J. Appl. Meteorol.
Based on the index created by (Beluco et al., 2008), the method allows the calculation of complementarity between more than two sources. Results suggests wind and solar complementarity combined with PSH might justify developing a Hybrid power system for the region in study.
Another example of an energy management strategy for complementary renewables was presented by (Ming et al., 2018). Their management schemes aim at improving the available hydropower utilization, whilst integrating the variable PV generation to the energy system.
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