Track: Renewable Energy

Abstract

Over the last few years, the use of Renewable Energy (RE) has increased widely, and many projects were focusing on increasing the renewable energy efficiency and decreasing the usage of other resources (nonrenewable) such as fossil fuel that affect greatly our environment. The hybrid wind-solar power system is one of renewable energy (RE) applications and energy savings.  Moreover, the current status and the future potentials of renewable energy in Saudi Arabia for vision “2030” are seeking for clean energy, and the proposed work falls in the same goal where the system arrangement of combining the power harnessed from both the wind - solar and stored in a cell (battery) can be a much more reliable power source. The load can still be powered using the stored energy inside the cells even when there is no sun or wind. Specifically, the paper describes the hybrid wind-solar prototype design and implementation. Actually, it is implanted in Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to supply a target load of 200 Watts up to 550 Watts. Some experimental test results are also presented. This study is the outreach and dissemination of renewable energy technologies on Effat University campus.