Evaluation of standalone solar hydrogen for off-grid electrification in remote areas of Vietnam

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  • Nguyen Quoc Huy, Tran Thanh Sơn

Keywords:

PV
Hydrogen
simulation
solar hydrogen
off-grid electrification

Abstract

The hybrid of solar photovoltaic with hydrogen production and storage for off-grid power supply is a state of art technology not only in Vietnam but worldwide. Because of high capital cost, the simulation for reducing capital costs plays a very important role in reliability of the system. In this paper HOMER software is used to analyse the system selection and evaluate economic and technical criteria of this advanced hybrid technology system in Vietnam. 12 households living on Hon Chuoi Island, Ca Mau, Vietnam are chosen as a case study for analysis and evaluation of standalone electrification. The results show that the hybrid technology of solar hydrogen meets the technical criteria, but the economic criteria are not met because the initial investment cost and electricity price is too high (~ 7700 VND/kWh) for Vietnamese people to afford.

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Nov 30, 2017
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Nguyen Quoc Huy, Tran Thanh Sơn. “Evaluation of Standalone Solar Hydrogen for off-Grid Electrification in Remote Areas of Vietnam”. The University of Danang - Journal of Science and Technology, vol. 11, no. 120.1, Nov. 2017, pp. 46-50, https://jst-ud.vn/jst-ud/article/view/3653.

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