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Overview of Solar–Wind Hybrid Products: Prominent Challenges and Possible Solutions

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  • Kunle Babaremu

    (Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2028, South Africa
    Pan African Universities for Life and Earth Institute, Ibadan 200132, Oyo State, Nigeria)

  • Nmesoma Olumba

    (Mechanical Engineering Department, Covenant University, Ota 112104, Ogun State, Nigeria)

  • Ikenna Chris-Okoro

    (Mechanical Engineering Department, Covenant University, Ota 112104, Ogun State, Nigeria)

  • Konyegwachie Chuckwuma

    (Mechanical Engineering Department, Covenant University, Ota 112104, Ogun State, Nigeria)

  • Tien-Chien Jen

    (Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2028, South Africa)

  • Oluseyi Oladijo

    (Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2028, South Africa
    Department of Chemical, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Palapye 10071, Botswana)

  • Esther Akinlabi

    (Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK)

Abstract

Solar and wind power systems have been prime solutions to the challenges centered on reliable power supply, sustainability, and energy costs for several years. However, there are still various challenges in these renewable industries, especially regarding limited peak periods. Solar–wind hybrid technology introduced to mitigate these setbacks has significant drawbacks and suffers from low adoption rates in many geographies. Hence, it is essential to investigate the challenges faced with these technologies and analyze the viable solutions proposed. This work examined solar–wind hybrid plants’ economic and technical opportunities and challenges. In the present work, the pressing challenges solar–wind hybrids face were detailed through extensive case studies, the case study of enabling policies in India, and overproduction in Germany. Presently, the principal challenges of solar–wind hybrids are overproduction, enabling policies, and electricity storage. This review highlights specific, viable, proposed solutions to these problems. As already recorded in the literature, it was discovered that academic research in this space focuses majorly on the techno-economic and seemingly theoretical aspects of these hybrid systems. In contrast, reports and publications from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and engineering, procurement, and construction engineers (EPCs) are more rounded, featuring real-life application and implementation.

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  • Kunle Babaremu & Nmesoma Olumba & Ikenna Chris-Okoro & Konyegwachie Chuckwuma & Tien-Chien Jen & Oluseyi Oladijo & Esther Akinlabi, 2022. "Overview of Solar–Wind Hybrid Products: Prominent Challenges and Possible Solutions," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(16), pages 1-25, August.
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