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Feasibility Study of PV, Biomass Gasifier and Battery Energy Storage
System for Aqua-tourism Centre using HOMER
Muhammad Fakhrurazi bin Md. Yunos
Supervisor: Dr. Nur Farizan binti Munajat
Co-supervisor: Dr. Wan Mariam binti Wan Muda
Bachelor of Applied Science (Electronics and Instrumentation Physics)
School of Ocean Engineering
The costs of extending national electricity lines to rural facilities are prohibitively
expensive. For instance, RM 400,000 is needed for substation, transformers, landrelated
costs and monthly bill estimations for 25 years. Diesel generators and/or
renewable energy are often used to electrify rural places with expensive or insufficient
grid power. This study intends to estimate the load in an Aqua-tourism centre located
in rural area in Marang, Terengganu; identify the optimal option for off-grid hybrid
power system based on solar, biomass, diesel and battery; and compare it with current
electrification source. The design and analysis of this system is realized using Hybrid
Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources (HOMER) software. The results from
HOMER indicates a PV/battery hybrid with diesel generator system as an optimum
solution in terms of net present cost (NPC) and cost of electricity (COE). Meanwhile,
the PV/biomass/battery and diesel generator system is the most environmentally
viable alternative.
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