The past decade has yielded significant developments in the design, analysis and installation of hybrid (wind/photovoltaic (PV)/diesel) power systems. This paper presents a summary of recent progress on this subject in the United States with emphasis on the analytical and experimental work carried out at the University of Massachusetts. Topics discussed here include: 1) system configuration and hardware, 2) modeling and design tools, and 3) recent applications.
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