Integrating Renewable Energy (RE) into Distribution Power Networks (DPNs) is a choice for efficient and sustainable electricity. Controlling the power factor of these sources is one of the techniques employed to manage the power loss of the grid. Capacitor banks have been employed to control phantom power, improving voltage and reducing power losses for several decades. The voltage sag and the significant power losses in the Iraqi DPN make it good evidence to be a case study proving the efficiency enhancement by adjusting the RE power factor. Therefore, this paper studies a part of the Iraqi network in a windy and sunny region, the Badra-Zurbatya-11 kV feeder, in the Wasit governorate. A substation of hybrid RE sources is connected to this feeder to compensate for the low voltage and high power losses within three different electricity demand conditions: low, medium, and high. The results are compared with a case when an optimum capacitor placement is applied. By using the CYME 9 software for analysis, the research shows the benefits of adding RE to the grid. The results have approved the hybrid RE penetration benefits as the power losses are reduced in low, medium, and high scenarios by 36.26%, 43%, and 48.4%, respectively, besides the voltage sag elimination.
