Techno-economic analysis of grid connected PV-battery system in Sarawak, Malaysia

Nowadays, energy use has become a very critical concern because of rapid increase in energy demand. The increased concerns for environmental impacts of conventional fossil fuels most importantly those related to global warming have been the major aspect driving the transformation towards green energ...

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Main Author:	Yap, Yu Vun
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2022
Subjects:	TK Electrical engineering Electronics Nuclear engineering
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spelling	my-utm-ep.996402023-03-08T04:01:16Z Techno-economic analysis of grid connected PV-battery system in Sarawak, Malaysia 2022 Yap, Yu Vun TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Nowadays, energy use has become a very critical concern because of rapid increase in energy demand. The increased concerns for environmental impacts of conventional fossil fuels most importantly those related to global warming have been the major aspect driving the transformation towards green energy. However, the implementation of photovoltaic (PV) systems in Sarawak, East Malaysia, is still weak and has yet to be a common practice in Sarawak’s construction industry. Furthermore, very limited research studies have been carried out to analyse the techno-economic feasibility of grid-connected PV-battery systems, especially in Sarawak. The main purpose of this study was to analyse the feasibility of grid-connected PV-battery systems to be implemented in towns of Sarawak, East Malaysia. This study also aimed to investigate the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) and Net Present Cost (NPC), analyse the carbon emissions and determine the potentiality of the system. The proposed system will took into account several constraints such as the technical, economics and environmental impact of grid-connected PV battery system. The Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources (HOMER) software was used to perform the simulation work to determine the economic and environmental effects and evaluate the feasibility of the proposed system in the towns of Sarawak. In addition, the technical features of the grid-connected PV-battery system were analysed using MATLAB/Simulink software. 2022 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/99640/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/99640/1/YapYuVunMSKE2022.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:149788 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Engineering - School of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Engineering - School of Electrical Engineering
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spellingShingle	TK Electrical engineering Electronics Nuclear engineering Yap, Yu Vun Techno-economic analysis of grid connected PV-battery system in Sarawak, Malaysia
description	Nowadays, energy use has become a very critical concern because of rapid increase in energy demand. The increased concerns for environmental impacts of conventional fossil fuels most importantly those related to global warming have been the major aspect driving the transformation towards green energy. However, the implementation of photovoltaic (PV) systems in Sarawak, East Malaysia, is still weak and has yet to be a common practice in Sarawak’s construction industry. Furthermore, very limited research studies have been carried out to analyse the techno-economic feasibility of grid-connected PV-battery systems, especially in Sarawak. The main purpose of this study was to analyse the feasibility of grid-connected PV-battery systems to be implemented in towns of Sarawak, East Malaysia. This study also aimed to investigate the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) and Net Present Cost (NPC), analyse the carbon emissions and determine the potentiality of the system. The proposed system will took into account several constraints such as the technical, economics and environmental impact of grid-connected PV battery system. The Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources (HOMER) software was used to perform the simulation work to determine the economic and environmental effects and evaluate the feasibility of the proposed system in the towns of Sarawak. In addition, the technical features of the grid-connected PV-battery system were analysed using MATLAB/Simulink software.
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author	Yap, Yu Vun
author_facet	Yap, Yu Vun
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title	Techno-economic analysis of grid connected PV-battery system in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_short	Techno-economic analysis of grid connected PV-battery system in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full	Techno-economic analysis of grid connected PV-battery system in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Techno-economic analysis of grid connected PV-battery system in Sarawak, Malaysia
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Techno-economic analysis of grid connected PV-battery system in Sarawak, Malaysia

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