The population of any Nigerian community is also going to grow if a microgrid that supplies power throughout the year is sited there, and the reflection of this in the load demand is accounted for in the multiyear analysis, which is a major novelty of this study. Also, a systematic review of existing uses of HOMER software has been provided.
The economic aspect of operating microgrids is very important, as it is one thing to prescribe and design renewable energy systems, and it is another matter to develop and operate them economically, with competitively low costs compared to non-renewable energy systems.
The microgrid generation was solely from solar PV, with an installed peak capacity of 6.755 kW, which was installed on a campus system as opposed to an industrial, typical residential, or typical rural load as in Ref. .
After incorporating a bidirectional power converter and grid-tying the system in HOMER, it was observed that the efficiency of the grid-tied microgrid was improved to about 140% of its value when it was operated in standalone mode. Thus, grid-tying the microgrid reduced energy losses .
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