Hybrid power systems have significantly increased in the last decade to supply energy in both industrial and commercial sectors. Because of the abundance of solar radiation, Burkina Faso has the potential to develop solar and or hybrid energy systems to meet its energy demand. In the present case study, solar radiation data have been analysed to optimise and assess a localised hybrid PV- grid system supplemented by a storage unit for CELTIC-BF, a typical small business company. In the proposed hybrid system configuration, the PV system presents a high contribution of about 93.4% of the total power production per day for a solar fraction of 92.9%, whereas the grid contributes about 6.56 %. The investigation also reveals that an excess of 746 kW from PV is obtained and could be re-injected in the network.

Hybrid system, photovoltaic, storage unit, optimization, reliability business company