Performance Analysis of A Standalone PV System Under Dynamic Weather and Loading Conditions-A Case Study

Penetration of renewable energy resources (RES) in power system is increasing day by day because of their abundance, less environmental impact, least operation and maintenance cost. In present scenario, establishing a standalone solar photovoltaic energy generation is very important to meet the energy requirement of those sites where the electricity grid connection is not established yet due to various economic and geographical reasons. Power production from photovoltaic is less complex in operation and ascendable too. This paper proposes a MATLAB/Simulink based model of a standalone photovoltaic system for a small rural community of 15 house-holds situated in Sundarbans area. Actual typical meteorological year (TMY) data has been used to develop the model in MATLAB/Simulink environment. From the simulation results, it has been verified that the proposed model is exceedingly robust and can handle the dynamics associated to irradiance, temperature, and load demand.