Joint U.S./Brazilian hybrid power system (wind-PV-diesel) on Marajo Island
- National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)
- CEPEL, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
A cooperative renewable energy project is underway between the U.S. Department of Energy (through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL), and the Federal Republic of Brazil (through the Centro de Pesquisas de Energia Eletrica, CEPEL). The objectives of this joint US/Brazilian program are to establish technical, institutional, and economic confidence in using renewable energy systems to meet the needs of the people of rural Brazil, to build ongoing partnerships beneficial to both countries, and to demonstrate the potential for large-scale rural electrification through the use of renewable energy systems. Phase 1 of this program resulted in the deployment of more than 700 photovoltaic (PV) electric lighting systems in the Brazilian states of Pernambuco and Ceara. Phase 2 of the program extends the pilot project into six additional Brazilian states and demonstrates a wider variety of stand-alone end uses, including the use of wind electric power generation for selected sites and applications. Additionally, Phase 2 also includes the development of two hybrid village power systems, including one comprising PV, wind, battery, and diesel power sources. This paper focuses on this hybrid system, which is located in the Amazon River delta.
- OSTI ID:
- 92994
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950116-; ISBN 0-7918-1294-4; TRN: IM9537%%37
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1995 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) energy sources technology conference and exhibition, Houston, TX (United States), 29 Jan - 1 Feb 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Wind energy 1995. SED-Volume 16; Musial, W.D.; Hock, S.M. [eds.] [National Renewable Energy Lab, Golden, CO (United States)]; Berg, D.E. [ed.] [Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)]; PB: 298 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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