Dear Abubakar,
SAM does not model hybrid power systems. You can use the Combine Cases macro to combine the power output of two different systems and use that generation profile with a single financial model to approximate a hybrid power project.
UPDATE: As of SAM 2021.12.02, the Combine Cases macro is replaced by the Calculate generation profiles and nameplate capacity from open cases option on the Power Plant page for the Generic System model and Generic Battery model. See the SAM YouTube channel for a
short tutorial
.
You can create your own weather files in the SAM CSV format for solar and SRW format for wind. See SAM's Help system for format descriptions: In the table of contents, you'll find them under "Weather Data, Weather File Formats."
For photovoltaic modules and inverters that are not in SAM's library, you can use the options described in this post:
sam.nrel.gov/forum/forum-general/2768-pv-modules-and-inverters-not-in-database. For wind turbines, it is possible to edit the wind turbine library file as described in this post:
sam.nrel.gov/forum/forum-general/1268-updating-wind-turbine-files.
The electricity rate structure is available for the Residential and Commercial financial model on the Electricity Rates page. You can enter the rate data by hand, or if you are modeling a system in the United States, you can download the data from the OpenEI Utility Rate Database using the tools on the Electricity Rates page.
I think the problem with your attempt to use the Combine Systems macro is that you included a space in the comma-separated list of case names. There should be no space after the comma. Note that you will need to create a third case using the Generic System model with the financial model you want to use for the project as described in the macro instructions.
Best regards,
Paul.
