Study of economic and sustainable energy supply for water irrigation system (WIS)

Haffaf, Aziz; Lakdja, Fatiha; Meziane, Rachid; Abdeslam, Djaffar Ould

doi:10.1016/j.segan.2020.100412

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“…Photovoltaic power in agriculture will also help to conserve energy, minimize grid power usage, and foster socio-economic growth [22,23]. Photovoltaic power is also more cost-effective than a conventional diesel irrigation system, which provides farmers in remote areas with cheaper access to water and improves their socio-economic and living conditions [24,25]. Research works [26,27] have investigated the socio-economic and environmental effects of using photovoltaic-operated high-efficiency irrigation systems on drip irrigation owners.…”

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The Socio-Economic Impact of Using Photovoltaic (PV) Energy for High-Efficiency Irrigation Systems: A Case Study

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This paper presents the results of a field study undertaken all over the Punjab, Pakistan, to evaluate the socio-economic and climatic impact of photovoltaic-operated high-efficiency irrigation systems (HEIS), i.e., drip and sprinkler irrigation systems. Nearly half of the rural population relies on agriculture for a living, and the recent energy crisis has had a negative impact on rural communities. Farmers’ reliance on fossil fuels for the operation of irrigation systems has increased exponentially, resulting in the high costs of agricultural production. Primary data regarding on-farm agriculture and irrigation practices used in this study were collected through an intensive on-farm survey, while secondary data were taken from published reports and statistics. The results of the current investigation show that the installation of PV systems has resulted in the increased adoption of high-efficiency irrigation systems, a reduction in the high operational costs incurred on account of old diesel-powered pumping systems (with an annual saving of 6.6 million liters of diesel), a 100% increase in farmer’s income, a reduction of 17,622 tons of CO2 emissions per annum, and 41% savings in water. The unit cost of PV-powered HEIS was found to be 0.1219 USD/kWh, which was 4% and 66% less than subsidized electricity cost and diesel cost, respectively.

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The Socio-Economic Impact of Using Photovoltaic (PV) Energy for High-Efficiency Irrigation Systems: A Case Study

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“…In this paper, 12 sites in Sudan were selected to evaluate the feasibility of the hybrid renewable energy system, and the optimal energy system configuration was simulated for each site. A number of studies using HOMER have considered the application of renewable energy to the irrigation load [ 10 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 ]; however, most of these studies consider the irrigation load as a standard periodic load. This practice can potentially result in the over-sizing of the system.…”

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Assessment of Wind and Solar Hybrid Energy for Agricultural Applications in Sudan

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In addition to zero-carbon generation, the plummeting cost of renewable energy sources (RES) is enabling the increased use of distributed-generation sources. Although the RES appear to be a cheaper source of energy, without the appropriate design of the RES with a true understanding of the nature of the load, they can be an unreliable and expensive source of energy. Limited research has been aimed at designing small-scale hybrid energy systems for irrigation pumping systems, and these studies did not quantify the water requirement, or in turn the energy required to supply the irrigation water. This paper provides a comprehensive feasibility analysis of an off-grid hybrid renewable energy system for the design of a water-pumping system for irrigation applications in Sudan. A systematic and holistic framework combined with a techno-economic optimization analysis for the planning and design of hybrid renewable energy systems for small-scale irrigation water-pumping systems is presented. Different hybridization cases of solar photovoltaic, wind turbine and battery storage at 12 different sites in Sudan are simulated, evaluated, and compared, considering the crop water requirement for different crops, the borehole depth, and the stochasticity of renewable energy resources. Soil, weather, and climatic data from 12 different sites in Sudan were used for the case studies, with the key aim to find the most robust and reliable solution with the lowest system cost. The results of the case studies suggest that the selection of the system is highly dependent on the cost, the volatility of the wind speed, solar radiation, and the size of the system; at present, hybridization is not the primary option at most of sites, with the exception of two. However, with the reduction in price of wind technology, the possibility of hybrid generation will rise.

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“…The two principal economic elements, which are the total net present cost and the levelized cost of energy, depend on the total annualized cost of the system. HOMER Pro runs the optimization minimizes NPC and COE [29].…”

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“…Homer Pro defines the levelized cost of energy as the average cost per kWh of useful electrical energy produced by the system [7]. The levelized cost of energy is the per kWh cost of the power plant over an assumed duty cycle is calculated as follows Eq(6) [29];…”

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The Determination of Optimal Operating Condition For an Off-Grid Hybrid Renewable Energy Based Micro-Grid: A Case Study in Izmir, Turkey

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2021

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Nowadays, off-grid systems, which do not require grid connection investment instead of grid connected systems, have become quite feasible. In this study, a feasibility analysis was carried out for a hybrid energy system using solar and wind energy sources to supply to uninterrupted electricity demand of a region with 100 villas in Izmir, Turkey. It has been shown that how changes cost of the hybrid energy system sizing according to the control strategies by using the HOMER software. In the paper, two different control strategies are determined as Cycle Charging (CC) and Load Following (LF), and then the control strategies are compared. According to the results obtained as a result of the simulations, it has been revealed that the research region to operate with CC can supply to the electrical energy demand with lower capacity system architecture. The CC was found to be more suitable for the research region than LF in terms of both Cost of Energy (COE) and Net Preset Cost (NPC).

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Study of economic and sustainable energy supply for water irrigation system (WIS)

Cited by 35 publications

References 45 publications

The Socio-Economic Impact of Using Photovoltaic (PV) Energy for High-Efficiency Irrigation Systems: A Case Study

The Socio-Economic Impact of Using Photovoltaic (PV) Energy for High-Efficiency Irrigation Systems: A Case Study

Assessment of Wind and Solar Hybrid Energy for Agricultural Applications in Sudan

The Determination of Optimal Operating Condition For an Off-Grid Hybrid Renewable Energy Based Micro-Grid: A Case Study in Izmir, Turkey

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