Techno-Economic Analysis of Rooftop Solar PV System by Variation in PV Module Capacity

Abstract As the exhaust rate of the conventional sources has geared up already, this is compelling the power industries to install the power plants based on the non-conventional sources so that future demand of the energy supply can be fulfilled. Among the various sources of renewable energy like wind, hydro, tidal etc., solar energy is the most easily accessible and available renewable energy source. Ensuring the feasibility of any energy source not only technical but also the economical perspective is the most important criteria. This paper has incorporated both the perspective and has done the techno-economic analysis to determine the optimum combination of the PV array size and battery size to minimize the overall electricity generation per unit. In this paper, a standalone solar PV system has been analyzed for the location of Jamshedpur, where an effort has been done to choose the optimum combination of the solar array and battery size within the desired range of LLP so that the electricity generation cost per unit can be minimized. The overall duration of the analysis has been done for a year and the outcome of the research has been verified with the help of MATLAB software.

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Grid Parity of Residential Building Rooftop Solar PV in India

Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment ◽

10.13052/spee1048-4236.39142 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 19-40

Author(s):

Rakesh Dalal ◽

Kamal Bansal ◽

Sapan Thapar

Keyword(s):

Residential Building ◽

Solar Photovoltaic ◽

Solar Pv ◽

Indian Government ◽

Pv System ◽

Pv Systems ◽

Grid Parity ◽

Solar Pv System ◽

Utility Grid ◽

Rooftop Solar

Rooftop solar photovoltaic(PV) installation in India have increased in last decade because of the flat 40 percent subsidy extended for rooftop solar PV systems (3 kWp and below) by the Indian government under the solar rooftop scheme. From the residential building owner's perspective, solar PV is competitive when it can produce electricity at a cost less than or equal grid electricity price, a condition referred as “grid parity”. For assessing grid parity of 3 kWp and 2 kWp residential solar PV system, 15 states capital and 19 major cities were considered for the RET screen simulation by using solar isolation, utility grid tariff, system cost and other economic parameters. 3 kWp and 2 kWp rooftop solar PV with and without subsidy scenarios were considered for simulation using RETscreen software. We estimate that without subsidy no state could achieve grid parity for 2kWp rooftop solar PV plant. However with 3 kWp rooftop solar PV plant only 5 states could achieve grid parity without subsidy and with government subsidy number of states increased to 7, yet wide spread parity for residential rooftop solar PV is still not achieved. We find that high installation costs, subsidized utility grid supply to low energy consumer and financing rates are major barriers to grid parity.

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Economic and Environmental Assessment of a 1 MW Grid Connected Rooftop Solar PV System for Energy Efficient Building in Bangladesh

Springer Proceedings in Physics - International Congress on Energy Efficiency and Energy Related Materials (ENEFM2013) ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-05521-3_44 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 345-352 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sanjib Chakraborty ◽

Rubayet Hosain ◽

Toufiqur Rahman ◽

Ahmead Fazle Rabbi

Keyword(s):

Environmental Assessment ◽

Energy Efficient ◽

Solar Pv ◽

Pv System ◽

Solar Pv System ◽

Energy Efficient Building ◽

Rooftop Solar

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Design of a Building-Integrated Photovoltaic System with a Novel Bi-Reflector PV System (BRPVS) and Optimal Control Mechanism: An Experimental Study

Electronics ◽

10.3390/electronics7070119 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (7) ◽

pp. 119 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Muhammad Khan ◽

Kamran Zeb ◽

Waqar Uddin ◽

P. Sathishkumar ◽

Muhammad Ali ◽

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Keyword(s):

Low Cost ◽

Input Voltage ◽

Photovoltaic System ◽

Solar Pv ◽

Pv System ◽

Building Integrated Photovoltaics ◽

Pv Module ◽

Solar Pv System ◽

Zero Carbon ◽

The Cost

Environment protection and energy saving are the most attractive trends in zero-carbon buildings. The most promising and environmentally friendly technique is building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), which can also replace conventional buildings based on non-renewable energy. Despite the recent advances in technology, the cost of BIPV systems is still very high. Hence, reducing the cost is a major challenge. This paper examines and validates the effectiveness of low-cost aluminum (Al) foil as a reflector. The design and the performance of planer-reflector for BIPV systems are analyzed in detail. A Bi-reflector solar PV system (BRPVS) with thin film Al-foil reflector and an LLC converter for a BIPV system is proposed and experimented with a 400-W prototype. A cadmium–sulfide (CdS) photo-resistor sensor and an Arduino-based algorithm was developed to control the working of the reflectors. Furthermore, the effect of Al-foil reflectors on the temperature of PV module has been examined. The developed LLC converter confirmed stable output voltage despite large variation in input voltage proving its effectiveness for the proposed BRPVS. The experimental results of the proposed BRPVS with an Al-reflector of the same size as that of the solar PV module offered an enhancement of 28.47% in the output power.

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