Photovoltaic systems: A cost competitive option to supply energy to off-grid agricultural communities in arid regions

Sustainability of PV water pumping programmes: 12‐years of successful experience

“…It can be found some studies in the specialized literature [13,14]. What we can say, based on our experience, is that fee collection in these conditions was around s30 000/year, and this quantity allowed a small maintenance company to be set up with two local technicians, one car and a small stock of spare parts.…”

Design of photovoltaic systems to power aerators for natural purification of acid mine drainage

“…Kanase-Patil et al [6] proposed a scenario for off-grid electricity supply and compared a variety of renewable energy scenarios for a remote area. Qoaider and Steinbrecht [7] investigated the economic feasibility of photovoltaic technology to supply the entire energy demands of off-grid communities practicing irrigated farming in arid regions. Ma et al [8] reported on a real remote solar photovoltaic project on an island in Hong Kong using an off-grid system.…”

Sizing and Study of the Energy Production of a Grid-Tied Photovoltaic System Using PV syst Software

“…Researchers around the world [9] [10] [11] have used it for the sizing and study of photovoltaic system performance. The simulation method used in the program is based on the realization of hourly energy balances throughout a year, by tracking the behavior of the system in order to calculate the appropriate combination for obtaining a system with the maximum amount of energy, in function of climactic variables such as global radiation, wind speed, and temperature, taking into account the installed capacity of the photovoltaic system.…”