Renewable and non-renewable energy status in Iran: Art of know-how and technology-gaps

Ghorashi, A.H.; Rahimi, A.F.

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2010.09.037

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“…This exceeds all the earth's available energy reserves. It has thus been stated that only 0.01% of the solar energy reaching the earth is required to meet the world's energy needs [6]. However, energy produced using PV systems is presently more expensive than the price of grid electricity in many countries due to high production costs.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, energy produced using PV systems is presently more expensive than the price of grid electricity in many countries due to high production costs. Nevertheless, between 1976 and 2008 the capital cost of PV modules/watt has shrank from more than $58 per watt to less than $4 [6]. This is in addition to being environmentally safe with no harmful gas or noise emissions, as solar energy is known to be a clean and nondepleting resource of energy.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Solar regime and LVOE of PV embedded generation systems in Nigeria

Ohijeagbon

Ajayi

2015

Renewable Energy

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a b s t r a c tThe study assessed the potential and economic viability of solar PV standalone systems for embedded generation, taking into account its benefits to small off-grid rural communities in forty meteorological sites in Nigeria. A specific electric load profile was developed to suite the communities consisting 200 homes, a school and community health centre. Data (daily mean relative humidity, maximum and minimum temperatures, and daily global solar radiation for 24 years spanning 1987-2010) obtained from the Nigeria Meteorological Agency were used. It focused on the assessment of design that will optimally meet daily load demand for the rural communities with an LOLP of 0.01. The HOMER ® software optimizing tool was engaged for the feasibility study and design. A 15 MW PV distributed generation system was utilized to economically compare the different sites in terms of life cycle cost as well as levelised cost of producing energy. A profit for potential investors in the range of $ 0.01/kWh to $ 0.17/kWh was discovered for 29 of the 40 available meteorological sites, while the remaining sites were not profitable with the present tariff regime in Nigeria.

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Solar regime and LVOE of PV embedded generation systems in Nigeria

Ohijeagbon

Ajayi

2015

Renewable Energy

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“…Figure 10 shows the total solar electricity generation in Iran from 2005 until 2012. Using only 1 % (15,510 km 2 ) in Iran can not only fulfill the present annual energy requirements at home, but can as an equal amount be exported to other countries too (Ghorashi and Rahimi 2011).…”

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“…Blessed with mountains and coasts such as Persian Gulf Coast, the country is also capable of exploiting this type of energy. Besides, Iran possess various tropical wind flows such as the flow from Central Asia during winters and Indian Ocean during summers, western flow from Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea during winters, and the northwestern flow during summers (Ghorashi and Rahimi 2011). Situation of wind power station in several provinces in Iran is indicated in Table 3.…”

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Iran’s energy scenarios on a 20-year vision

Chaharsooghi

Rezaei

Alipour

2015

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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With the heightened awareness of global environmental issues of greenhouse gas emissions by fossil fuels as non-renewable energy resources, the application of renewable energies (REs) has emerged as one of the most significant policies in most of the countries throughout the world. Although Iran is blessed with high potential of RE resources such as solar, wind, and geothermal, development of such resources, however, has been neglected due to the various reasons. Considering the long time needed to develop and deploy RE resources, a long-term planning is required in this area. Therefore, applying the scenario planning method, this research develops four scenarios in Iran's 2025 vision, through a combination of the changes in energy consumption and RE generation: green path, standardization, fossil energy, and non-targeted subsidy. Developed scenarios are then compared with the government plan for utilizing REs in 10 % of total electric power generation in a 20-year vision. Results indicate that standardization and fossil energy are the most probable scenarios. Green path is the most optimistic scenario for the country, suggesting the goal of producing 10 % of total electricity share through REs could be achievable by 2025. And the non-targeted subsidy is the most pessimistic and unexpected scenario for the country.

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“…Renewable energy resources make up a very small share of the total electrical energy production in Iran [1,2]. Recently, small-scale wind energy conversion systems (WECSs) increasingly are being used in either on-grid or off-grid applications [3,4].…”

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Optimal Design of a Direct-Drive Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator for Small-Scale Wind Energy Conversion Systems

Abbasian¹,

Isfahani²

2011

Journal of Magnetics

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This paper presents an optimal design of a direct-drive permanent magnet synchronous generator for a smallscale wind energy conversion system. An analytical model of a small-scale grid-connected wind energy conversion system is presented, and the effects of generator design parameters on the payback period of the system are investigated. An optimization procedure based on genetic algorithm method is then employed to optimize four design parameters of the generator for use in a region with relatively low wind-speed. The aim of optimization is minimizing the payback period of the initial investment on wind energy conversion systems for residential applications. This makes the use of these systems more economical and appealing. Finite element method is employed to evaluate the performance of the optimized generator. The results obtained from finite element analysis are close to those achieved by analytical model.

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Renewable and non-renewable energy status in Iran: Art of know-how and technology-gaps

Cited by 95 publications

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Solar regime and LVOE of PV embedded generation systems in Nigeria

Solar regime and LVOE of PV embedded generation systems in Nigeria

Iran’s energy scenarios on a 20-year vision

Optimal Design of a Direct-Drive Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator for Small-Scale Wind Energy Conversion Systems

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