Lifecycle-aware microgrid design: quantifying embodied, operational, and avoided emissions in a grid-connected PV–Wind system
This study develops a high-renewable hybrid microgrid integrating solar photovoltaic (PV), wind turbine (WT), and grid interaction for a university campus, with a distinctive focus on lifecycle emission performance. Using HOMER Pro-based optimization, the system achieves a low cost of energy (COE), that is, the average...