Optimal Design of a Hybrid Renewable Energy System Powering Mobile Radio Base Station in Libya

Current work presents an Optimal design of a hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) for the purpose of powering mobile base stations in Libya using renewable energy sources. HRES including wind turbine, PV panels, batteries, diesel generator, and grid were modeled in order to get the Optimal configuration of the designed HRES. Homer software were used for such analysis. One of the economic measures used for the evaluation of such HRES is the cost of energy (COE), it was found that, such cost varies from 0.106 to 0.154 $/kWh for grid connected HRES. And it varies from 0.184 to 0.263 $/kWh for standalone HRES located in remote and low populated areas. On the other hand, each single Base Station (BS) would save the environment from about 14,924 kg of CO
₂
and 63 kg of SO
₂
in Sabha-Libya.It is being found that a HRES is one of the excellent solutions for mobile base stations as it will overcome the power cut problems which leads to an interruptible power supply for mobile base stations and avoids communication interruptions for the mobile users.