A Brief Review on Capacity Sizing, Control and Energy Management in Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems

Renewable energy sources are widely-installed to meet the increasing electricity demand. However, the variability and intermittence of them is still a major concern in order to improve the reliability and efficiency of power systems. For this reason, it is needed to combine more than one renewable energy sources with conventional energy sources or energy storage systems. To this end, this study presents a brief review on the capacity sizing techniques, control strategies and energy management mechanisms in hybrid renewable energy systems. Not only the existing methods have been elaborated and compared, but also the feasible findings related to the possible challenges have been provided.