کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1511295 1511183 2014 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Technical and Economic Viability Assessment of PV Power Plants for Rural Electrification in the Gambia
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی انرژی انرژی (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Technical and Economic Viability Assessment of PV Power Plants for Rural Electrification in the Gambia
چکیده انگلیسی

Low rural electrification rate is a major problem, and continue posing huge challenges especially in remote areas. It was found that Farafenni town is present in a region with the high solar radiation values (4.5–7 kWh/m2/day) in all year round, making it a suitable town for PV power plant investments. 1 MW PV power plant was studied to evaluate the feasibility between crystalline Si (c-Si) and thin film (CdTe) modules by varying the feed in tariffs (FIT). The present FIT of 0.24 US$/kWh showed that CdTe modules present not only higher NPV (2,053,869 US$), IRR (7%), BCR (1.60), but also shorter PBP (9.48 years) values than those values of the c-Si modules with NPV (1,189,576 US$), IRR (4%), BCR (1.30) and longer PBP (11.68 years). Based on technical and economic assessments of the c-Si and CdTe PV power plants, the CdTe PV power plant presented the reasonable technology for rural electrification in The Gambia.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Energy Procedia - Volume 52, 2014, Pages 389-398