Design and economic analysis of a grid-connected photovoltaic system for different types of solar panels in Saudi Arabia using pvsyst software
This project presents a feasibility study of a grid-connected photovoltaic (GCPV) system in Al Juaima'h, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to reduce the electricity costs and CO2 emission. The proposed GCPV system is designed using PVsyst software. PVsyst is a PV design software that widely used...
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2021
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6989/1/24p%20ABDELRAHMAN%20FATHY%20ELSAID%20AYOUSHA.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6989/2/ABDELRAHMAN%20FATHY%20ELSAID%20AYOUSHA%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6989/3/ABDELRAHMAN%20FATHY%20ELSAID%20AYOUSHA%20WATERMARK.pdf |
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| Summary: | This project presents a feasibility study of a grid-connected photovoltaic (GCPV) system in Al Juaima'h, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to reduce the electricity costs and CO2 emission. The proposed GCPV system is designed using PVsyst software. PVsyst is a PV design software that widely used to design photovoltaic systems. It provides an easy-to-use approach to GCPV project development, design and analysis. Moreover, the PVsyst has a large database of meteorological data for most of the locations around the world. The proposed 960 kWp GCPV system has been designed and simulated using the PVsyst software. The design is performed for three different solar panel technologies which are monocrystalline, polycrystalline and thin-film. From the simulation, it found that the monocrystalline can generate energy of 1616.9 MWh with performance ratio of 82.3%, the project’s payback period of 6.9 years and the CO2 reduction of 29878.2 tCO₂. From the simulation, it found that the polycrystalline can generate energy of 1594.3 MWh with performance ratio of 82%, the project’s payback period of 6.4 years and the CO2 emission reduction of 29452.7 tCO₂. From the simulation, it found that the thin-film can generate energy of 1537.5 MWh with performance ratio of 81.1%, the project’s payback period of 6.1 years and the CO2 emission reduction of 28954.2 tCO₂. Therefore, it can conclude that the monocrystalline PV panels generate higher energy and performance ratio compared to others. |
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