Chapter 33
Optimal Design and Operation
of a Residential Hybrid Microgrid
System in Kasuga City
Yuichiro Yoshida, Nagashima Keisuke, and Hooman Farzaneh
Abstract This study aims to find the optimal configuration of an autonomous microgrid system which can be used to meet the electricity demand of a small community
in the city of Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. To this aim, an optimization model
was developed, using the least cost perceptive approach and the load patterns of
the residential end-uses. The proposed microgrid system in this study consists of
a cluster of loads and micro sources such as the wind turbines, solar photovoltaic
panels, battery storage, and a diesel generator. In this research, the effect of the
demand response capabilities and patterns on optimal power generation from the
proposed microgrid was investigated by introducing a standard demand pattern for a
family, including three residents, living in a standard Japanese house in Kasuga city.
Keywords Renewable energy · Microgrid · Energy storage · Solar · Wind ·
Diesel · Optimization
33.1 Introduction
After the Great East Japan Earthquake, energy security and vulnerability have become
the significant challenges facing the energy system in Japan. Consequently, the rapid
increase in power demand was met through higher electricity generation from fossil
fuels (coal, oil, natural gas, etc.). It was associated with severe negative environmental
impacts in terms of increased greenhouse gas emissions (Phurailatpam et al. 2018).
Shifting to Renewable Energy Resources (RERs) can be considered as a vital solution
to the problems arisen from the extensive use of fossil fuels in the electric power
industry in Japan.
To promote the introduction of RERs on a large scale, following the collapse
of public trust in nuclear power due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster,
Y. Yoshida · N. Keisuke · H. Farzaneh (B)
Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
e-mail: farzaneh.hooman.961@m.kyushu-u.ac.jp
H. Farzaneh
Inter/Transdisciplinary Energy Research, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Y. Kishita et al. (eds.), EcoDesign and Sustainability II, Sustainable Production, Life
Cycle Engineering and Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6775-9_33
499
Optimal Design and Operation
of a Residential Hybrid Microgrid
System in Kasuga City
Yuichiro Yoshida, Nagashima Keisuke, and Hooman Farzaneh
Abstract This study aims to find the optimal configuration of an autonomous microgrid system which can be used to meet the electricity demand of a small community
in the city of Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. To this aim, an optimization model
was developed, using the least cost perceptive approach and the load patterns of
the residential end-uses. The proposed microgrid system in this study consists of
a cluster of loads and micro sources such as the wind turbines, solar photovoltaic
panels, battery storage, and a diesel generator. In this research, the effect of the
demand response capabilities and patterns on optimal power generation from the
proposed microgrid was investigated by introducing a standard demand pattern for a
family, including three residents, living in a standard Japanese house in Kasuga city.
Keywords Renewable energy · Microgrid · Energy storage · Solar · Wind ·
Diesel · Optimization
33.1 Introduction
After the Great East Japan Earthquake, energy security and vulnerability have become
the significant challenges facing the energy system in Japan. Consequently, the rapid
increase in power demand was met through higher electricity generation from fossil
fuels (coal, oil, natural gas, etc.). It was associated with severe negative environmental
impacts in terms of increased greenhouse gas emissions (Phurailatpam et al. 2018).
Shifting to Renewable Energy Resources (RERs) can be considered as a vital solution
to the problems arisen from the extensive use of fossil fuels in the electric power
industry in Japan.
To promote the introduction of RERs on a large scale, following the collapse
of public trust in nuclear power due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster,
Y. Yoshida · N. Keisuke · H. Farzaneh (B)
Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
e-mail: farzaneh.hooman.961@m.kyushu-u.ac.jp
H. Farzaneh
Inter/Transdisciplinary Energy Research, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Y. Kishita et al. (eds.), EcoDesign and Sustainability II, Sustainable Production, Life
Cycle Engineering and Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6775-9_33
499