Grant: Engage Grants Program

Wind and solar Energies are the world's fastest growing renewable energy sources. They can be combined ashybrid systems to increase their efficiency in power production. Because peak operating times for wind andsolar systems occur at different times of the day and year, hybrid systems are more likely to produce powerwhen it is needed. Many hybrid systems are stand-alone systems, operating off-grid, and used in remotecommunities, and for the times when neither the wind nor the solar system are producing, battery storagetechnology can be used in the hybrid systems to provide power.Hybrid wind-solar with battery storage systems are complex and require high qualified professionals tounderstand and provide adequate services. The aim of this project is to offer an experimental system, based onthe OPAL-RT Real-Time HIL/RCP Laboratory, to emulate a real wind-solar hybrid system in an indoorlaboratory that can be used in education, training and research.The new OPAL-RT product will allow training of High Qualified Personnel and conducting R&D in renewableenergy technology. It will bring contributions to scientific knowledge, solutions for industrial issues and can beused as a state-of-the-art technology in colleges, universities, research laboratories and industry.