Economic feasibility of developing grid-connected photovoltaic plants in the southern coast of Iran

Mohammadi, Kasra; Naderi, Mahmoud; Saghafifar, Mohammad

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2018.05.065

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“…Nassar and Alsadi [7] investigated the potential of solar energy in the Gaza Strip, Palestine using SAM software. Mohammadi et al [33] used RETScreen software to investigate the potential of 5 MW grid-connected PV systems in different cities on the southern coast of Iran. Obeng et al [34] utilized RETScreen software to investigate the feasibility of a 50 MW grid-tied solar photovoltaic plant at UENR Nsoatre Campus.…”

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Solar Energy Technology for Northern Cyprus: Assessment, Statistical Analysis, and Feasibility Study

2020

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Solar power is the fastest-growing energy source in the world. New technologies can help to generate more power from solar energy. The present paper aims to encourage people and the government to develop solar energy-based power projects to achieve sustainable energy infrastructures, especially in developing countries. In addition, this paper presents a solar energy road map to attract investors to invest in clean energy technology to help reduce the effect of global warming and enhance sustainable technological development. Therefore, the first objective of the paper is to analyze and compare the monthly global solar radiation for five different locations in Northern Cyprus using the measured data collected from the Meteorological Department and estimated values collected from the satellite imagery database. In addition, the mean hourly meteorological parameters including global solar radiation, air temperature, sunshine, and relative humidity are analyzed statistically and the type of distribution functions are selected based on skewness and kurtosis values. Accordingly, estimating global solar radiation improves solar power generation planning and reduces the cost of measuring. Therefore, models of a surface were analyzed by means of polynomial adjustments considering the values of R-squared. Finally, this study provides a comprehensive and integrated feasibility analysis of a 100 MW grid-connected solar plant project as an economic project in the selected region to reduce electricity tariffs and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. RETScreen Expert software was used to conduct the feasibility analysis in terms of energy production, GHG emissions, and financial parameters for the best location for the installation of a 100 MW grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) plant. Finally, the results concluded that the proposed solar system could be used for power generation in Northern Cyprus.

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Solar Energy Technology for Northern Cyprus: Assessment, Statistical Analysis, and Feasibility Study

2020

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“…The performance assessment of a PV system can be carried out by the means of a mathematical model. Literature provides [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] several contributions that show how the complexity of a model depends on the objectives of the performance assessment, on the modeling hypotheses, and on the available modeling inputs. For instance, the most trivial model must be able to evaluate the expected yearly energy production by the knowledge of the mean solar irradiation.…”

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“…But, most of the energy household consumption occurs during the night-time and is satisfied by withdrawing energy from the electrical grid. For these reasons, in many countries, the mechanism of the feed-in-tariff (FIT) has been adopted and tuned [8] in order to favor these type of investments and guarantee to the power plant owners an economic benefit that can compensate the exchange of energy (required and injected to and from the grid) and subsidize the investment of the PV installation. In these last few years, favored by a reduction of the production costs and by an increase in performance, the storage systems have become particularly attractive also within the PV market.…”

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Performance and Economic Assessment of a Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Power Plant with a Storage System: A Comparison between the North and the South of Italy

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Grid-connected low voltage photovoltaic power plants cover most of the power capacity installed in Italy. They offer an important contribution to the power demand of the utilities connected but, due to the nature of the solar resource, the night-time consumption can be satisfied only withdrawing the energy by the national grid, at the price of the energy distributor. Thanks to the improvement of storage technologies, the installation of a system of battery looks like a promising solution by giving the possibility to increase auto-consumption dramatically. In this paper, a model-based approach to analyze and discuss the performance and the economic feasibility of grid-connected domestic photovoltaic power plants with a storage system is presented. Using as input to the model the historical series (2008–2017) of the main ambient variables, the proposed model, based on Stochastic Hybrid Fault Tree Automaton, allowed us to simulate and compare two alternative technical solutions characterized by different environmental conditions, in the north and in the south of Italy. The performances of these systems were compared and an economic analysis, addressing the convenience of the storage systems was carried out, considering the characteristic useful-life time, 20 years, of a photovoltaic power plant. To this end the Net Present Value and the payback time were evaluated, considering the main characteristics of the Italian market scenario.

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“…Several researchers have studied the wind and solar potential of various locations around the world [2,[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. For instance, Alayat et al [13] made techno-economic assessment of the wind power potential for eight locations, namely, Lefkoşa, Ercan, Girne, Güzelyurt, Gazimagusa, Dipkarpaz, YeniBogaziçi, and Salamis, distributed over the Northern part of Cyprus.…”

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“…They concluded that the production of wind energy is only feasible and practical at certain locations in Malaysia. Mohammadi et al [19] presented a techno-economic analysis of developing 5MW grid-connected PV power plants in Iran. The results indicated that the 1-axis tracking system is the most economical option compared to fixed tilt and 2-axis tracking systems.…”

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The Possibility of Generating Electricity Using Small-Scale Wind Turbines and Solar Photovoltaic Systems for Households in Northern Cyprus: A Comparative Study

2019

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The increased energy demand and related environmental problems caused by burning fossil fuels have raised interest in alternative energy sources. This study investigated the wind characteristics and available wind energy for three urban regions in Northern Cyprus using the Weibull distribution function. The results illustrate that Gazimağusa is the most applicable location for harvesting the kinetic energy of the wind compared to Lefkoşa and Girne. Moreover, the solar potential at a specific location can be analyzed using a different simulation tool. In the present paper, the performance of a rooftop Photovoltaic (PV) system for household buildings in three selected is assessed. Three types of simulation software (PVGIS, PV*SOL, and PVWatts) are used to evaluate the performance of the 6.4 kWp grid-connected rooftop PV system. This study assessed the energy generation, performance ratio and capacity factor for this PV system. The results concluded that PVGIS is an easy, fast, and reliable software tool that can be used for the simulation of a solar PV system in the studied regions. Furthermore, an economic evaluation of renewable systems in the three urban regions is presented. As a result, a small-scale grid-connected solar/wind system that is able to generate electricity with an excellent percentage of clean energy was proposed and developed. The analysis indicates that the proposed PV projects showed significant potential in the studied locations. In addition, the proposed PV system is the most economical option for generating electricity compared to wind systems due to the low electricity prices and of the ability to recover the initial investment. Consequently, it is expected that the simulation results will help in demonstrating the advantages and challenges of installing grid-connected PV systems for households in Northern Cyprus in order to reduce the electricity consumption produced by fossil fuels.

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Economic feasibility of developing grid-connected photovoltaic plants in the southern coast of Iran

Cited by 62 publications

References 19 publications

Solar Energy Technology for Northern Cyprus: Assessment, Statistical Analysis, and Feasibility Study

Solar Energy Technology for Northern Cyprus: Assessment, Statistical Analysis, and Feasibility Study

Performance and Economic Assessment of a Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Power Plant with a Storage System: A Comparison between the North and the South of Italy

The Possibility of Generating Electricity Using Small-Scale Wind Turbines and Solar Photovoltaic Systems for Households in Northern Cyprus: A Comparative Study

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