Design of Smart Generation by Integrating Renewable Energy into Western Power Grid of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Renewable energy sources are the answer to countless global issues for instance: the increasing risk of climate changes and global warming. Due to the promising benefits of integrating renewable energies based on generation such as: solar and wind sources the future energy markets are encouraged to invest in the available renewable systems. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is currently working to fulfil its 2030 vision, which one of the top priorities is investing in renewable energy resources. The western part of Saudi Electrical Company covers number of significant cities, characterised by harsh weather conditions: very high temperatures during the day and high level of humidity during the night time that force the consumers to use air conditioning on daily basis, hence high load, especially in the summer period. This research focuses on integrating renewable energy into transmission network of the western part, with the objective to minimize CO2 emission, through testing the grid load data with capacity of power stations and integrating solar panel and wind turbine platform.