Effect of Solar Tracking on the Economic Viability of a Large-Scale PV Power Plant; Environmental and Climate Technologies; Vol. 24, iss. 3

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Parent link:Environmental and Climate Technologies
Vol. 24, iss. 3.— 2020.— [P. 55-65]
Autor principal: Agyekum E. B. Ephraim Bonah
Autor corporatiu: Национальный исследовательский Томский политехнический университет Инженерная школа ядерных технологий Отделение ядерно-топливного цикла, Национальный исследовательский Томский политехнический университет Инженерная школа ядерных технологий Отделение экспериментальной физики
Altres autors: Afornu B. K. Bright Kwame, Ansakh M. N. S. Maykl Nii Sanka
Sumari:Title screen
This paper evaluated the economic potential of three different photovoltaic energy technologies at a selected site, Wa, in the Upper West region of Ghana. The cost of energy and net present value metrics were used to ascertain the cost-effectiveness of these technologies (fixed, single and double axis tracker systems). From the analysis, all three technologies are economically viable at the selected site, however, a sensitivity analysis shows that the fixed axis tracker is unviable at a discount rate above 2 % whiles that of the single and double axis power plants also become impracticable at a discount rate above 6 % using the financial input parameters adopted for the study. This is an indication that, even though the selected site may have the required solar radiation for the development of large-scale PV power plant, there is the need to create the necessary conducive financial environment to enable such projects to become viable. The double axis tracking system was identified as the optimum system that should be deployed at the selected site to get the best in terms of affordability of electricity to consumers and equity payback.
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: 2020
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Accés en línia:https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2020-0085
Format: MixedMaterials Electrònic Capítol de llibre
KOHA link:https://koha.lib.tpu.ru/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=665892

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