What solution for Morocco: Photovoltaic alone, wind alone or both? Case study of Dakhla city

Hybrid Renewable Energy System (HRES) is becoming attractive due to its ability to electrify remote area. This paper presents a methodology for electrifying the Dakhla city localized in the west of Morocco. The idea is based on using a Hybrid PV/Wind system with battery storage. The optimization method used is Backtracking Search Optimization Algorithm, which is an evolutionary algorithm newly proposed. The input data is the solar irradiation and wind speed. The algorithm parameters are the population size, the number of iteration, the mutation value and the crossover.