Open AccessGrid Connected PV System Case Study: Jiza, Jordan
Author(s) -
Yousif El Tous
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
modern applied science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1913-1852
pISSN - 1913-1844
DOI - 10.5539/mas.v6n6p92
Subject(s) - photovoltaic system , capital cost , grid , computer science , incentive , environmental science , power (physics) , power station , solar resource , environmental economics , resource (disambiguation) , automotive engineering , electrical engineering , geology , economics , engineering , microeconomics , computer network , physics , geodesy , quantum mechanics
Jordan is known to be rich in the solar resource with an annual average of 5 peak sun hours, on the other hand it lacks oil and gas resources, in this paper a grid connected PV power plant is designed and simulated using HOMER software, the power plant is sized to supply Al Jiza load, the simulation results showed that a high capital cost is needed and the cost of energy is 0.16 $/kWh which is still high but with incentives and decrease of the PV panels price the system will reach a feasible cost.