The main objective of this paper is to report and present
design and implementation of a 12 kW solar- wind hybrid power
station and associated wireless sensors and LabView based
monitoring instrumentation systems to provide a teaching and
research facility on renewable energy areas for students and faculty
members in Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) programs at
the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). This new ongoing project
requires to purchase a 10 kW Bergey Excel-S wind turbine with a
Power Sink II utility intertie module (208 V/240V AC, 60 Hz), eight
BP SX175B 175W solar PhotoVoltaic (PV) panels, and related
power and instrumentation/data acquisition hardware.