Abstract
Conventional means of electrical energy generation are costly, create environmental pollution, and demand a high level of maintenance and also going to end one day. This has made it crucial to exploit the untapped prospective of the environmentally friendly renewable energy resources. To address this problem, present research proposed an efficient, everlasting, and environment-friendly grid-connected PV system at The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan (latitude: 29° 22′34″N, longitude: 71° 44′57 E). Bahawalpur is one of those sites where the potential of solar energy is immense. The global daily horizontal solar irradiance at the site is 1745.85 kWh/m2, having average solar irradiation of 5.9 kWh/m2 per day, and the ambient average temperature is about 25.7°C. In this research, the performance ratio and different power losses just like soiling, PV module losses, inverter, and losses due to temperature are taken into account and calculated by using PVSyst. The coal saving per day is 15369.3 kg which is equal to planting 147600 teak trees over a lifetime. The cost of the energy produced is 0.11 US $/kWh whereas in Pakistan the conventional energy tariff is 0.18 $/kWh. From the simulation results, the value of PR comes out 83.8%, and the CUF value is 16% with a total energy generation of 4908 MWh/year. The performance analysis of this grid-connected system would help in the designing, analysis, operation, and maintenance of the new grid-connected systems for different locations.
Highlights
The circumstances of the energy zone in Pakistan are very miserable
The results based on the yearly global irradiance and Mateo are presented in Table 6 which are needed for the simulation of the project
As we know that solar irritation and the ambient temperature play an important role in the generation of PV energy
Summary
The circumstances of the energy zone in Pakistan are very miserable. The primary cause for this situation of the electricity shortage is that we had completely depended on conventional energy means in the previous 2 decades. The only way to sort out energy issues at this moment is to move towards renewable energy sources. In this regard, solar energy is one of the best renewable energy sources abundantly available for countries like Pakistan. Technoeconomic feasibility study was conducted which helps in analyzing the performance of the most economical renewable energy system in Pakistan after the detail comparison of the different hybrid energy systems [3]. The main aim is to replace the conventional energy coming from WAPDA and producing renewable solar PV energy for The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan, for meeting its load requirements. The evolution of the current economic condition and environmental conditions in the real solar plant is ought to be compared and conducted. The conclusion and future recommendations will be highlighted
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