However, this LCOE is only about 64% higher than the LCOE for Ghana's household residents. Also, the LCOE generated from the PV/biogas/battery system is around 0.256 $/kWh. The findings indicate that PV/biogas/battery system perform better than PV/diesel/battery and diesel-only systems in terms of cost and emissions reductions. Hybrid Optimisation of Multiple Energy Resources (HOMER) software was employed to model and analyse the hybrid energy system's technical, economic, and environmental aspects. The study goal is to utilise locally available renewable energy resources to achieve a cost-effective levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. This study analyses the prospect of utilising a solar PV/biogas/battery hybrid energy system to provide electricity for Ghana's remote communities.

Greenhouse gas emissions associated with fossil fuel combustion have incited an intense interest in low-carbon technologies for power generation. Globally, reliable access to electricity improves people's well-being, provides quality education, and promotes good health. In this section, a wind turbine is integrated into the PV, battery, converter and AC diesel generator system. In the second section, a further investigation was carried out considering two cases with two different load profiles to show that the load profiles affects the responses of the renewable energy system and the cash flow summary of some of the system equipments. HOMER was able to calculate the best option that would give the best energy efficiency. A model system consisting of a PV, three batteries and a converter system was considered. The first section investigates the energy efficiency of renewable energy system considering an isolated AC diesel generator. This paper is divided basically into two sections. The HOMER Hybrid Optimization Modeling Software is used for designing and analyzing hybrid power systems, which contain a mix of conventional generators, cogeneration, wind turbines, solar photovoltaic, hydropower, batteries, fuel cells, biomass and other inputs. Hybrid Optimization Model for Electrical Renewable (HOMER), is a micro power optimization model, that simplifies the task of evaluating designs of both off-grid and grid-connected power systems for a variety of applications.

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