Includes a library of 12 commonly used dispatch options, based on how batteries and diesels will operate if included in the power system. The user can specify when the diesels are started, and shut off, in what order they are started and how they operate in relation to a battery bank. Allows the user to create projects and power systems using pull-down menus of commercially available components and power systems,and resource data files. The library contains approximately 150 wind turbines, PV modules, diesels, batteries, power systems, and resource data files. All components are easily defined from manufacturers specification data so that users can enter components not included in the NREL library.
New entries become part of the library for use in other projects and systems.
Detailed economic analysis Allows the user to analyze the economics of potential systems taking into account a wide variety of inputs from taxes to load information. A glossary of commonly used terms to assists the user in defining projects and hybrid power systems. To ensure its computational accuracy and build confidence in the use of the model, Hybrid2 has undergone verification, validation, and beta testing. The most important of these tests, validation, refers to comparisons of simulated performance to measured performance data from operating systems. Validation is useful to demonstrate the degree of correspondence between the model and real power systems and to identify limitations of the model.