Innovative Hybrid Power Plant Design

Currently, humanity is beginning to experience difficulties with unlimited energy consumption since there are fewer and fewer opportunities to increase capacity generation. The use of renewable energy sources is an effective method of solving the problem of shortage of energy sources. One way to do this is to develop a wind-solar power plant, called a “hybrid”, which simultaneously uses both wind and solar energy. For such a hybrid power plant, it is suggested to use a new type of medium-speed vertical axial wind power station, with a high utilization coefficient of wind energy and improved strength characteristics. Wind turbine models proposed for vertical axial wind power stations were tested in a wind tunnel. A comparison of the capacity of the specific vertical axial wind power station and the proposed wind turbine confirms the value of the wind utilization coefficient at the level of world samples with an average speed coefficient. The simultaneous working wind power station analysis and solar cells and energy utilization are performed. It is indicated that the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of solar cells should be analyzed in each specific case. Formulas for determining the amount of energy produced by a hybrid power station over a certain period are proposed.