Sustainable Energy Plan of a Village in Punjab for Self Energy Generation.

Abstract- Increasing electricity demand, hike in fuel prices, environmental concerns are the main factors which motivate the use of renewable energy sources in India. In past few year India has shown a significantly growth in utilization of renewable energy sources. Today the share of Renewable energy sources is almost 12% in total electricity generation.  According to Ministry of Power in India so far 1.15 lakhs of villages still unelectrified.  In this paper the potential of renewable energy sources (solar + biomass) is estimated in a village in Punjab, India. Based on a survey conducted in an Indian village named “Kaidupur” situated in district Patiala in Punjab, the available bio mass resources like agro-waste, animal dung, and solar energy are identified.  This paper provides a complete solution to meet energy demand of a village by renewable energy sources.  The optimization (biomass + solar) is done by Hybrid optimization Model for Electric Renewable (HOMER).  Hybrid energy system is becoming popular in area where grid extension is considered uneconomical or not feasible. This paper provides a better understanding of utilization of renewable resources in an isolated /off grid locations.

[1]  Dhass Ad,et al.  Cost Effective Hybrid Energy System Employing Solar-Wind-Biomass Resources for Rural Electrification , 2013 .

[2]  Adam Ragatz,et al.  Emissions from Medium-Duty Conventional and Diesel-Electric Hybrid Vehicles; NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) , 2014 .

[3]  Jagtar Singh,et al.  Energy potential through agricultural biomass using geographical information system—A case study of Punjab , 2007 .

[4]  K. V. S. Badarinath,et al.  Black carbon aerosol variations over Patiala city, Punjab, India—A study during agriculture crop residue burning period using ground measurements and satellite data , 2012 .

[5]  Muhammad Murtadha Othman,et al.  Optimal sizing and operational strategy of hybrid renewable energy system using homer , 2010, 2010 4th International Power Engineering and Optimization Conference (PEOCO).

[6]  P. Lilienthal,et al.  HOMER: The hybrid optimization model for electric renewable , 1995 .

[7]  Suresh Chauhan.  District wise agriculture biomass resource assessment for power generation: A case study from an Indian state, Punjab , 2012 .

[8]  Amit Jain,et al.  Sustainable energy plan for an Indian village , 2010, 2010 International Conference on Power System Technology.

[9]  Rangan Banerjee,et al.  Comparison of options for distributed generation in India , 2006 .

[10]  S. Saha,et al.  Design of a stand alone hybrid power system for a remote locality in Bangladesh , 2012, 2012 7th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering.

[11]  P. S. Manoharan,et al.  Economic cost analysis of hybrid renewable energy system using HOMER , 2012, IEEE-International Conference On Advances In Engineering, Science And Management (ICAESM -2012).