Towards renewables development: Review of optimization techniques for energy storage and hybrid renewable energy systems

• Published in: Heliyon 2024-10, Vol.10 (19), p.e37482, Article e37482
• Main Authors: Bamisile, Oluwatoyosi, Cai, Dongsheng, Adun, Humphrey, Dagbasi, Mustafa, Ukwuoma, Chiagoziem C., Huang, Qi, Johnson, Nathan, Bamisile, Olusola
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Energy storage; Energy storage techniques; Hybrid energy System; Intermittent energy sources; Optimization; Review
• ISSN: 2405-8440; 2405-8440
• DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e37482

As global energy demand and warming increase, there is a need to transition to sustainable and renewable energy sources. Integrating different systems to create a hybrid renewable system enhances the overall adoption and deployment of renewable energy resources. Given the intermittent nature of solar and wind, energy storage systems are combined with these renewable energy sources, to optimize the quantity of clean energy used. Thus, various optimization strategies have been developed for the integration and operation of these hybrid renewable energy systems. Existing studies have either reviewed hybrid renewable energy systems or energy storage systems, however, these studies ignored energy storage systems integrated with hybrid renewable energy systems. This study offers a comprehensive analysis of the optimization methods used in hybrid renewable energy systems (HRES) integrated with energy storage systems (ESS). We examined the optimization models used in the integration of HRES and ESS, their objectives, and the common constraints. Based on our review, capacity and CO2 emissions constraints were frequently used in hybrid optimization techniques that are effective approaches for integrating HRES and ESS. This research supports the move towards sustainable, clean energy solutions by combining an analysis of energy storage techniques with the optimization of hybrid renewable energy systems.