Case Study of Microgeneration for Power Supply in Remote Island Communities

Island communities often suffer from unstable energy supply. They are highly dependent on expensive fuel supplies and difficulties in organizing equipment maintenance. At the same time, the islands have great potential for the use of renewable energy, especially wind energy. In this paper, the analysis of promising areas of modernization of the Kurilsk energy district using RES was carried out. Various options of solar panels tilt and ratios of PV, wind, and diesel nameplate capacities were considered. Based on the calculations, the introduction of renewable microgeneration on Iturup Island will reduce the tariff by 36%. It is also shown that the effect of two complementary RES - PV and wind - is almost twice higher than of a single one of equal capacity, leading to 64
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dieasel fuel economy.