TY - JOUR
TI - Hybrid renewable energy system application for electricity and heat supply of a residential building
AU - Nakomčić-Smaragdakis Branka B
AU - Dragutinović Nataša G
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2016
VL - 20
IS - 2
SP - 695
EP - 706
PT - Article
AB - Renewable and distributed energy systems could provide a solution to the  burning issue of reliable and clean supply of energy, having in mind current  state and future predictions for population growth and fossil fuel scarcity.  Hybrid renewable energy systems are novelty in Serbia and warrant further  detailed research. The aim of this paper is to analyze the application of  renewable energy sources(RES) for electricity and heat supply of a typical  household in Serbia, as well as the cost-effectiveness of the proposed  system. The influence of feed-in tariff change on the value of the investment  is analyzed. Small, grid-connected hybrid system (for energy supply of a  standard household), consisting of geothermal heat pump for heating/cooling,  solar photovoltaic panels and small wind turbine for power supply is analyzed  as a case study. System analysis was conducted with the help of RETScreen  software. Results of techno-economics analysis have shown that investing in  geothermal heat pump and photovoltaic panels is cost-effective, while that is  not the case with small wind turbine.