Planning of Community Microgrid for Improving the Resilience of System by Using HOMER Grid

Natural Disasters (NDs), such as tsunamis, floods, and earthquakes, may cause damage to the transmission and distribution infrastructures as well as communication systems. In these situations, generators may even be intentionally shut down for security reasons. The result is a major power outage or a blackout, which may disrupt industrial production, disturb commercial and household activities and imperil human lives. Contrary to large-scale power systems, Micro Grids (MGs) may offer a higher resilience to NDs because of their compact sizes, manageable loads, and constrained bounds. Such an MG may include Photo-Voltaic (PV) system, Battery Energy Storage (BES) system, winds turbine, diesel generators, and local electric loads. It operates in grid-connected in normal conditions, and in islanded mode during NDs, ensuring that no disruption in the supply of critical loads happens. The main objective of this article is to study the planning of Community MG (CMG) for hospital loads to ensure high resilience against NDs. Hospital loads in the Northwest Lombok region of Indonesia are considered as the case study. The goal is to achieve three days of uninterruptible power supply during NDs. HOMER Grid carries out the simulation research. According to the results, the planned CMG could provide the necessary hospital load during the intended time period without any interruptions.