Sustainable Energy Alternatives Experimentation at SCT

Sustained energy generation is very important for any region's economic growth either developed or developing. As the growth of the country depends on sustainable and efficient power generation management, in order to attain the sustainable energy generation, experimentation, and explorations in the latest avenues for these generations have to be carried out. In this paper an attempt is made to report the experimentation carried out at Salalah College of Technology (SCT) in terms of sustainable energy generation using alternate energy resources. Experimentation carried out at SCT for solar harnessing in sustainable transportation and wind energy alternatives for hybrid power generation at decentralized levels is tested. Experimentation results for individual experiments are not disclosed. Whereas the overall efficiency in using such alternate technologies for sustained power generation and comparisons with other likewise locations are reported in this paper. 1. Introduction Electrical power forms the base line for any economic growth and sustainability in terms of growth factor. It continues to include as one of the secondary basic elements for human growth and sustainability, it also affects the current living standard. Dependency on alternate energy sources will reduce the geopolitical dependency on conventional fuels and enhance the energy security, limit the environmental implications of fossil fuels, and further control the oil price fluctuations [1, 2]. At the Power Engineering Department of SCT experimentation on solar energy alternative and wind energy alternatives were carried out in terms of feasibility in transportation concerning with solar energy and electrical power generation with wind energy furthering to storage and/or synchronization to grid in order to improvise the pilot load of the load graph of Salalah region (as it is a stand-alone region without centralized grid connectivity as of now). Load Forecasting for the region will be buffered with these additional alternate power generating technologies. Experimentation for solar powered electric car is shown in Figures 1 and 2. Vertical axis wind turbine experimentation for power generation is shown in Figures 3 and 4. Figure 1: Solar-powered electric car experimental setup. Figure 2: Transportation using Solar-powered electric car. Figure 3: Vertical axis wind turbine setup at SCT. Figure 4: Vertical axis wind turbine with DC Generator setup at SCT. The modern day technology advancements in terms of electrical engineering can be incorporated for better performance and efficiency, in