Rural electrification is a basic service required for development.
Nigeria has a diverse geography which makes it intractable to
supply electricity to rural communities through the national grid.
RE has become an important alternative as a power provider in
rural systems in supply side planning for microgrids [69]. Introduction of RE provides good opportunity for effective energy
decentralization and security to both rural and urban citizens.
This could be carried out through distributed generation, solar PV,
wind, biomass, and the diesel operated hybrid-microgrid system.
A microgrid is a cluster of interconnected micro-sources that
are referred to as distributed generations (DGs), loads and energy
storage systems that cooperate with each other to be collectively
treated by the grid as a controllable generator or load [70]. Hybrid
systems are basically a combination of two or more different but
complementary energy supply sources at the same site. Hybrid
systems provide relatively constant electricity at an affordable
cost, even when one of the supply systems is shut down.