A Review on Renewable Energy and Role of Power Electronics Converters in Different Renewable Energy Conversion Systems

Abstract: Energy demand is increase globally and to meet this demand energy resources have to play an important role. But with the consumption of fossil fuels the greenhouse gas are realized in the environment, this effect leads energy industries to move toward an economical and green source of energy. From last few decades renewable energy resources has became a point of interest for researchers and energy industries around the globe. Renewable energy conversation systems (RECSs) is a clean energy conversion system and this the reason the understanding and knowledge of RECS is compulsory to extract the electrical energy from these energy sources. This paper presents a study on major renewable energies and power electronics converter’s effects and importance of quality description in wind, solar and hydro power energy conversion system.

Keywords: Renewable Energy Conversion System (RECS), Power Electronics, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Hydro power, Wind Energy Conversion System (WECS), Solar Energy Conversion System (SECS), Hydro Power Conversion System (HPCS).