Renewable energies are a central element in the search for energy sustainability, so they are becoming
a substantial component of the energy scenario of every country, both as systems connected to the
grid or in stand-alone applications. Feasibility of these renewable energy systems could be necessary
not only in their application in isolated areas, but also in systems connected to the grid, in this last
case when their contribution reaches a substantial fraction of the total electricity demand. To over-come this reliability problem, hybrid renewable systems could become essential and activities to
optimize their design should be addressed, both in the simulation and in the experimental areas. In
this paper, a laboratory to simulate and verify the reliability of hybrid renewable systems is presented
and its application to the feasibility analysis of multicomponent systems including photovoltaic
panels, wind generator and biomass gasification plant, plus energy storage in a battery bank, are
described.
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