Reliability Analysis of Tri-Hybrid Mini-grid: A case study of Thingan, Nepal

Isolated renewable energy sources are used in remote areas for electricity owing to economic limitations to connect the central grid. To increase the reliability of the system, often nearby sources are interconnected as mini-grid. The cost of such interconnection is high and hence reliability analysis is essential beforehand. For Nepal, such mini-grid possibilities are often the combination of the micro hydropower plant, solar PV plant, and wind plant. The reliability of mini-grid with tri-generation of wind, micro-hydro, and solar PV system, located at Thingan VDC, Makwanpur District, Nepal has been analyzed in this study.