Given the frequency of power outages caused by recent crises, including high-impact natural disasters, power and energy supply must be more resilient and cost-effective. Owing to this necessity, this paper presents a grid-connected multi-carrier energy microgrid that can provide continuous energy for both electrical and heating load demands at a low cost. The model employs a demand response scheme based on time of use and integrates with the proposed microgrid. Several energy sourcesphotovoltaics, batteries, and a combined heat and power (CHP) unit and associated dispatch strategyare optimized using the deterministic mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) algorithm. The proposed model is tested in a hospital California, USA. The results show the benefits of the demand response program in terms of techno-economic output when compared to the system without its implementation. Several simulation results also demonstrate the model's effectiveness and resiliency in maintaining a conti
In view of the recurrent power outages caused by various crises in recent years, such as high-impact natural catastrophes, the power and energy supply needs to be more resilient as well as affordable. The goal of this study is to present a grid-tied microgrid that will deliver continuous energy for both electrical and heating load demand at the lowest possible cost. The mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) based model optimizes multiple energy sources-PV, battery and combined heat and power (CHP) unit and runs during an extended blackout condition at different times of the year. Multiple simulation results show the model's efficacy and resiliency in sustaining a continuous energy supply in the presence of power cuts, which also provides significant financial savings.