Techno-Economic Feasibility Analysis of Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation: A Review

Jamil, Majid; Kirmani, Sheeraz; Rizwan, Mohammad

doi:10.4236/sgre.2012.34037

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“…Biomass energy has potential as well through gasification, combustion and other methods and applications [17]. Solar energy is considered the most viable and reasonable choice regarding the fact that most of Palestine receives plenty of sun ray in terms of duration and radiation intensity [18].…”

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A Review of Solar Energy Prospects in Palestine

Ajlouni¹,

Alsamamra²

2019

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Energy is the main player in the community's development in several aspects. Palestine is an occupied developing country which has a complicated energy sector. Renewable Energy (RE) resources are considered the optimal practical solution to mitigate or resolve the energy crisis in Palestine. Most of Palestine receives solar radiation about 3000 hours annually, and the average solar radiation values range from 5.4 kWh/m 2 .day to 6.0 kWh/m 2 .day. These results of solar radiation, in addition to the absence of political restrictions on the use of solar energy technology, make solar energy the most viable and feasible choice among other renewable sources. This work objective is to introduce a comprehensive review of the solar energy prospects in Palestine, its geographical data, applications, legislative, and economic potential in contrast to established projects and modules. This review is based on introducing analyzed information about solar energy characteristics in Palestine, Applied solar systems and technology, the policies and legislation, and a recap of strengths, drawbacks, and recommendations. Results showed that best locations for PV solar energy exploitation are Gaza and south West Bank, and worst is Jericho, which leads to resolve many developmental issues in both rural and urban areas.

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A Review of Solar Energy Prospects in Palestine

Ajlouni¹,

Alsamamra²

2019

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“…To assess the techno-economics of individual decentralized technologies, evaluating the technological appropriateness and the associated economic viability of each technology for a successful application are needed [6]. In their analysis in 2011, Szabó et al showed the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) calculated for local mini-grid photovoltaic (PV) systems in Africa ranges from approximately 0.2 to 0.55 $/kWh [7,8].…”

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Assessment of Decentralized Hybrid Mini-grids in Sub-Saharan Africa: Market Analysis, Least-Cost Modelling, and Job Creation Analysis

Okunlola

Evbuomwan

Zaheer³

et al. 2018

Springer Proceedings in Energy

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With a growing impetus to meet energy demand through decentralized hybrid mini-grids in rural and semi-urban locations in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the need to accurately assess the market drivers, policy requirements and job creation impacts of this energy system typology within this region cannot be ignored. This work provides a techno-economic impact analysis of decentralized hybrid energy systems in selected locations in SSA. To optimally satisfy an electricity demand time-series for a year and minimize all cost components amortized over a period of 20 years, a least-cost modelling approach and tool is applied. An Employment Factor approach was used to calculate the direct employment impacts across the value chain of different hybrid mini-grid types. Additionally, the Leontief Inverse Input-Output model is used to determine the backward linkage economy-wide-jobs (gross jobs) created. The preliminary results show that the "Solar + Wind + Diesel + Battery" hybrid system (SWDB) has the lowest Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE), thus it provides the cheapest means of meeting the electricity demand in the modelled regions. However, the highest locally created direct and net employment impact in the model locations is provided by the "Wind + Battery" (WB) system. Two major sectors, manufacturing and agriculture have the largest number of gross jobs in the local economy for all decentralized hybrid systems analysed. This occurs due to higher linkages between these two sectors and the productive energy use in the area. Conversely, despite higher employment impacts obtained for WB, the cost and duration needed for A. Okunlola (21 wind resource mapping and assessment serve as a major bottleneck to WB systems market access in the regions. The results of the sensitivity analysis suggest that by de-risking economic factors, such as discount rates, market access for decentralized renewable energy mini-grids can be improved in SSA.

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“…There are papers about the study of the techno-economy of public street lightings by various authors, such as Velaga and Kumar [4], Kusumayogo et al [5], Sihombing and Kasim [6], and Jamil et al [7]. Ahmad [8] and Al-Salaymeh et al [9] studied the technical and economic assessment of photovoltaic in residential buildings.…”

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A Model to Improve the Implementation Standards of Street Lighting Based on Solar Energy: A Case Study

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This paper aims to improve the implementation standards of solar-energy-based street lighting in Indonesia. A model framework was developed to assess existing conditions regarding the level of lux, the distance between poles, pole height, and lamp power. According to the evaluation of the existing circumstances, the street lighting system is not satisfactory according to the national standard, with 64.7% black area. An alternative installation of street lighting designed by DIALux application was proposed to fulfill the technical standard of street lighting. The result shows that this alternative design can be used for renewing existing street lighting with better performance and reliability. Economic analysis of all technically feasible alternatives was conducted afterward by benefit–cost analysis. The analysis shows that solar-energy-based street lighting requires as much as 621,473,620.00 Indonesian Rupiah (IDR), with 1.06 benefit–cost ratios and a 9% reduction of total cost. Therefore, the analysis indicates that solar-energy-based technology can be feasibly implemented in a street lighting system. The results show that the proposed model can be applied to improve the implementation standard of solar-energy-based street lighting.

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Techno-Economic Feasibility Analysis of Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation: A Review

Cited by 46 publications

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A Review of Solar Energy Prospects in Palestine

A Review of Solar Energy Prospects in Palestine

Assessment of Decentralized Hybrid Mini-grids in Sub-Saharan Africa: Market Analysis, Least-Cost Modelling, and Job Creation Analysis

A Model to Improve the Implementation Standards of Street Lighting Based on Solar Energy: A Case Study

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