Performance evaluation of ant colony optimisation suggested energy management in using HOMER

This paper addresses power management in Bhimavaram, India, an educational institution. The institution is known to be commercial load supplied from an 11 KV grid, the load deviations are primarily taken into account during the daytime simply due to the working hours of the institution. This optimisation is accompanied by a bidirectional power transfer from the grid to the institution and the institution to the grid. The optimal energy consumption is suggested for renewable power production for a solar plant with 125 kW generation for increasing the efficient utilisation of renewable energy along with reducing the electricity usage based on fossil fuel. Using an ant colony optimisation (ACO) algorithm, the above-mentioned optimal solution is suggested and that is further validated using HOMER Software. In HOMER Software the validation of the solution given by ant colony optimisation algorithm is completed by simulation.