ENERGY AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF THE 3000KWP GRID CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANT IN UMUOGHARA QUARRY INDUSTRIAL CLUSTER, NIGERIA
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power plant, simulation, GHGs emission, Cluster, Grid, PVsystAbstract
In this study, Energy and Cost analysis of Umuoghara Quarry Industrial Cluster using diesel and a grid connected solar photovoltaic plant has been carried out. The simulation in this work was done using PVsyst 7.2.14 Energy analyzing software. The simulated system comprises 6818 CIS PV modules with each module having a rating of 440Wp. All the PV modules were arranged in 487 strings, each made up of 14 modules in series. Five (5) solar inverters, each having a rating of 500KWac were used for interconnecting with the grid. The 3000KWp PV system generates 4222327KWh/year out of which 4098289KWh/year is injected into the grid. The performance ratio and its total impressed losses were also calculated. The performance ratio of 84% was obtained for the 3000KWp solar plant in the
Umuoghara Quarry Industrial cluster. As regards diesel consumption, energy analysis indicates that the cluster uses 405600litres of diesel for nine (9) operating hours a day in a year at a prevailing cost of two hundred and twenty three million eighty thousand naira (N223080000) and the use of solar Photovoltaic in the cluster will save this cost and at the same time reduce environmental pollution.
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