Analysis of energy production with different photovoltaic technologies in the Colombian geography

A hybrid energy system allows the integration of various technologies to meet energy demands competitively. These systems are widely used in rural areas with connection problems in the conventional electrical grid due to their economic and environmental advantages. Thus, this paper presents the design and simulation of a hybrid energy system that evaluates the suitability of using various generation sources such as photovoltaic energy, biomass, diesel generation and connection to the conventional electrical grid, in order to establish scenarios competitive to supply energy in an irrigation system of the Palmar de la Sierra experimental field, located in the municipality of Zona Bananera, Magdalena, Colombia. The sizing of the system was performed with Homer Pro software, with which technical, economic and environmental aspects of the studied scenarios were evaluated. The data of solar irradiance and the characteristics of the oil palm fruit peel, used for generation with biomass, were provided by the Cenipalma company. The results obtained show that the hybrid system (photovoltaic, biomass, diesel) can satisfy the demand of 2200 kWh/day of the irrigation system under study, using a connection to the electricity grid that allows the purchase and sale of energy.

Section: Hybrid System Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Hybrid Energy Solution for the Sustainable Electricity Supply of an Irrigation System in a Rural Area of Zona Bananera, Colombia

Hernández

Moreno

Castro

et al. 2021

“…Colombia has an average solar energy potential of 4.5 kWh/m 2 /day and the area with an optimal solar resource is the La Guajira Peninsula, with 6 kWh/m 2 /day of radiation (Muñoz et al, 2014), surpassing the global average of 3.9 kWh/m 2 /day (Soonmin et al, 2019;Chamorro et al, 2017). In turn, the multi-year average in the Santander region is between 4.0 and 5.0 kWh/m 2 /day in most of its territory, entering the national average (UPME, 2019).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Technical and Financial Assessment of Photovoltaic Solar Systems for Residential Complexes Considering Three Different Commercial Technologies and Colombia’s Energy Policy

Muñoz

Carvajal

Méndez

et al. 2021

The use of solar energy is increasingly prevalent in residential areas around the world due to the decrease in the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for projects that meet the energy need in homes, in Colombia regulations have begun to facilitate the integration of grid-connected renewable energy projects and in isolated areas. The purpose of this research is to technically and financially assess the feasibility of a solar photovoltaic system connected to the grid in a residential complex in Colombia according to the regulatory framework in force at 2020, comparing three photovoltaic module technologies, as well as three generation scenarios (self-consumption, exchange with the network and sale of surpluses), financial feasibility was assessed taking into account three financial goodness criteria (NPV, IRR and Payback Time). The results of the research indicate that the most feasible generation scenario technically and economically is self-consumption using Si-Poly technology, for the self-consumption scenario the solar photovoltaic system requires an installed capacity of 3.77 kW peak, with an investment cost of $5,748 USD, according to the criteria of kindness the Payback Time is 7 years, with an IRR of 19.67% for the project and $49,920 USD of NPV.

“…The use of renewable energy sources has stopped being a possibility for generating their own energy, to becoming a need of the countries to ensure the reliability of supplied electric energy by other means of generation (Rueda-Bayona et al, 2019). The inclusion of renewable sources is also due to the significant reduction in Carbon Dioxide emission (CO2), since there is no burning of fossil fuel (Muñoz et al, 2014). Energy demand increases every day, there are new constructions and many buildings, commercial, industrial or residential, and sometimes, there is a need for energy in noninterconnected zones (NIZ), which complicates and raises the prices of connecting to the electric grid (Cabello-Eras et al, 2019).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review: Integration of Renewable Energies in the Sustainability of the Electric Distribution Grid

Castro

Troncoso-Mendoza

Gallardo

et al. 2021

This Article submits a review of the integration of renewable energies in the contemporary distribution of generated energy. A technological supervision is implemented to observe in a systematic manner the behavior of state of the art technologies in renewable energies, in the search of energetic sustainability, making an analysis of the distribution of the most representative Microgrids at world level. It is to be noted, the great inclusion of energy obtained through solar panels, and Eolic generators. However, there is a great participation of generators from diesel vapor, and gas; while in the storage system batteries are predominant, and sometimes, flywheels and supercapacitors surface. These results are possibly due to the promotion and experience of including new techniques and use of energy resource methodologies.