Conception and Analysis of a Photovoltaic Microgrid in the USTO Campus

Distributed energy resources increase with strong penetration into electrical systems. The photovoltaic energy of a microgrids has shown great advantages due to the reliable operation of the distribution networks with high flexibility and robustness and also to enable efficiency. In this article, we make a conception of a photovoltaic microgrid that will be installed at the University of Science and Technology of Oran (USTO) in Algeria. This campus is located on a very big area and has a large roofs with flat surfaces. This campus considered as solar energy field offers a great advantage for the photovoltaic energy generation via a microgrid. This article uses hourly solar radiation and temperature provided by the meteorological office to study the radiation distribution and duration of sunshine on campus. This generated PV energy is analyzed in this article with taking into account the roofs total surface of this campus. The consumption of real electrical energy on this campus is given by graphs obtained by the national company of electricity (Sonelgaz), a comparison is made between the generated PV energy and the consumption of real electrical energy. The purpose of this article is to size the installation of photovoltaic panels on the campus and determine the energy provided by the latter and compare it with the actual consumption.