General objective To quantitatively characterise the complementarity properties of solar and wind resources and explore the economic, environmental and technical benefits of their hybridisation, in order to facilitate Réunion’s energy transition towards a 100% renewable electricity mix.
Specific objectives
Building a high-resolution database for renewable energy studies in Réunion
Identifying the benefits of hybrid solar-wind-battery power plants for Réunion
Scientific / technological challenges Lack of a consistent high-resolution database for solar and wind resources in Réunion. Solar-wind complementarity insufficiently documented in non-interconnected zones (NIZ). Optimisation of hybrid configurations under tropical island meteorological constraints. Integration of intermittent energies into an isolated electrical grid with high energy dependency.
Work packages (WP)
Action 1: Data collection and processing (M1-M8)
Action 2: Complementarity analysis and hybrid system optimisation (M6-M24)
