Techno-economic evaluation of stand-alone energy supply to a health clinic considering pandemic diseases (COVID-19) challenge

Rad, Mohammad Amin Vaziri; Vaghar, Mouzhan Panahi; Kouravand, Amir; Bellos, Evangelos; Kasaeian, Alibakhsh

doi:10.1016/j.seta.2021.101909

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“…In addition to exploiting hydropower capacity and creating water sources for irrigating agricultural lands, with the large surface areas, these can also be used to install other floating PV plants. Regarding various renewable and sustainable energy technologies [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28], the Hybrid renewable system [10][11][12]16,17,19,29,30], Hybrid PV system [13][14][15]20,[31][32][33], Energy conservation of smart grid system [34], the floating PV plant can utilize the large water surface areas of hydropower reservoirs to add more capacity to the national utility grid, and has been promoted by many researchers and agreed upon by the Vietnamese government.…”

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Benefit Analysis of Grid-Connected Floating Photovoltaic System on the Hydropower Reservoir

Nguyen

Bui

2023

Applied Sciences

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In the step-by-step roadmap for limiting and eliminating power sources that use fossil fuel, especially coal-fired power, as well as for setting the Vietnamese government targets for developing renewable energy for replacement, solar farms and rooftop solar power, followed by floating photovoltaic (PV) power, are considered the best candidates for meeting the goals of land space, PV system operation efficiency, and meeting environmental goals. In addition to the rapid development of PV cell technology are the government’s incentives and financial support for PV plants on the water surface area, which is still very large. Floating PV plants will strongly attract investors in the near future. This study could help stakeholders in the market understand the economic–technical aspects from analyzing economic–financial indicators of floating PV plants with a capacity of 47.5 MW connected to the national utility grid 110 kV at Da Mi hydropower reservoir in Binh Thuan province, Vietnam, in May 2019. This is the first floating PV plant on the reservoir in Vietnam, and is the property of a third party.

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Section: Misurata Libyamentioning

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“…The net present cost of a cost analysis remark component taking into account all costs and revenues incurred over the plant's lifespan. The total NPC is determined by Equation (7) [8,10,13,[15][16][17]31,48,49].…”

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Benefit Analysis of Grid-Connected Floating Photovoltaic System on the Hydropower Reservoir

Nguyen

Bui

2023

Applied Sciences

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“…In the rural area, this problem occurs frequently. Recently, due to the pandemic situation COVID-19, the number of patients admitted to the health complex is increasing [3] . As a result, the energy demand is also increasing.…”

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Design and techno-economic evaluation of hybrid renewable energy system for an Upazilla Health Complex (UHC) in Bangladesh

Islam,

Rahman,

Haque

et al. 2023

Appl. Chem. Eng.

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Upazilla Health Complex (UHC) offers the primary level health care facilities for rural communities. Every day thousands of patients come here for health care. The Health complex needs 24 hours electric supply. The national Grid cannot provide continuous electricity supply. Rural areas face various disturbance such as load shedding, blackouts problems and bad weather situation. In this paper, we report on the techno-economic assessment of net metering based On-grid photovoltaic system for Kaunia Upazila Health Complex in Rangpur District, Bangladesh. The analysis is based on the grid-connected photovoltaic system without battery storage. The HOMER software is used to obtain the overall analysis and the load study is carried out by HOMER powering tools. It suggests that the selected health complex requires a 34 kW PV system. The system’s net present cost (NPC) and the levelized cost of energy (COE) are $35,524 and $0.048 respectively. In this proposed system, renewable energy provides 99% of the total power requirements, while the generator and grid provide only 1%. The system produces 53,736 kWh a year of electricity where the system’s surplus electricity is 3226 kWh per year which can be sold to the national grid using a net-metering system.

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“…The fact that COVID-19 is a pandemic condition has recently led to an increase in the number of patients at the medical facility. More electrical demand is therefore required (Vaziri Rad et al 2022 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Researchers from all around the world have conducted a great deal of research on microgrid photovoltaic systems with an emphasis on the planning and design of on-grid and off-grid systems (Rofiqul Islam et al 2008 ). The techno-economic assessments for renewable electricity generation for the healthcare centers have been reported in references (Alsagri et al 2021 ; Aziz et al 2020 ; Chowdhury et al 2021 ; Kowsar et al 2022 ; Isa et al 2016 ; Kapoor and Sharma 2021 ; Mat Isa et al 2017 ; Olatomiwa and Mekhilef 2015 ; V et al 2020 ; Vaziri Rad et al 2022 ). In Iraq, a study was conducted to determine the feasibility of a solar PV microgrid system for supplying load during grid availability and outages from an economic, technological, and environmental standpoint (Aziz et al 2020 ).…”

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Techno-economic Analysis of Hybrid Renewable Energy System for Healthcare Centre in Northwest Bangladesh

Islam

Kowsar

Haque

et al. 2022

Process Integr Optim Sustain

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Assessments for the techno-economic viability of the hybrid renewable energy system have been stimulated due to the frequent price hike and falls of fossil fuels, the derivatives generated during the burning of the fuels that are emitted into the environment, and the very high installation cost of the present day’s conventional photovoltaic energy system. This paper reports on the techno-economic performance assessments of a hybrid renewable energy system for a rural healthcare center in Bangladesh. These healthcare centers are essential for the residents of rural areas in Bangladesh. In this regard, a microgrid solar hybrid photovoltaic system has been designed to power a healthcare center in Gangachara Upazila (sub-district), Rangpur district, a northwest region in Bangladesh. The rooftop PV system comprises 400 Wp solar panels, a 25 kW bi-directional inverter, a 28 kW generator, connecting wires, a mounting system, and related accessories. In this assessment, state-of-the-art PV design software, HOMER Powering Health Tool, has been utilized for estimating the load requirements and for techno-economic and environmental evaluation of the microgrid system. The load analysis revealed that a 32 kW grid–connected solar PV system was required for the selected healthcare and the estimated net present cost was US$ 33,818, with a levelized cost of energy was US$ 0.022.

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Techno-economic evaluation of stand-alone energy supply to a health clinic considering pandemic diseases (COVID-19) challenge

Cited by 6 publications

References 39 publications

Benefit Analysis of Grid-Connected Floating Photovoltaic System on the Hydropower Reservoir

Benefit Analysis of Grid-Connected Floating Photovoltaic System on the Hydropower Reservoir

Design and techno-economic evaluation of hybrid renewable energy system for an Upazilla Health Complex (UHC) in Bangladesh

Techno-economic Analysis of Hybrid Renewable Energy System for Healthcare Centre in Northwest Bangladesh

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