Journal of Renewable and New Energy

Technical and economical evaluation of photovoltaic system for a remote village in Yazd

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Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mohmmad Hosein Ghasemi 1
Siavash Chakipour 1
Shady Sharifzadeh 2
Marzieh Lotfi 3
Mojtaba Shafiee 1

1 Department of Chemical engineering, Jundi-Shapur University of Technology, Dezful, Iran

2 Department of Chemial Engineering, Jundi-Shapur University of Technology, Dezful, Iran

3 Department of Chemical Engineering, Jundi-Shapur University of Technology, Dezful, Iran

Abstract
In recent years, the concern of human society regarding the phenomenon of global warming and pollution caused by the high consumption of fossil fuels for sustainable energy production has increased. The purpose of this article is the technical and economic evaluation of electricity production by solar panels in remote areas that do not have access to the national electricity system or are facing problems such as continuous power outages. We also examine the factors affecting the design, implementation, and maintenance costs of the photovoltaic system, and in terms of environmental pollution, there is a comparison with power plant systems. The results show that energy production is affected by various factors such as atmospheric conditions and temperature, so that the highest consumption and lowest energy production are observed in cloudy months (January and December). The efficiency of the system reaches its maximum in summer and in standard conditions, the photovoltaic efficiency is 16.56%. The amount of energy produced annually is equal to 3170 kilowatt hours, of which 2929 kilowatt hours are consumed and 141 kw.hr are wasted. Also, the estimation of greenhouse gas emissions shows that the use of photovoltaic system is equivalent to saving 1.7 tons of CO2 emissions from natural gas fuel and 18 tons from gasoline fuel. The costs related to the purchase of equipment and maintenance of the system have also been investigated and the economic and environmental efficiency of these systems have been evaluated.

Keywords

Photovoltaic
Fossil Fuels
Renewable
Solar energy
Technical and Economic Evaluation

Subjects

Journal of Renewable and New Energy

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 08 October 2025

  • Receive Date 08 November 2023
  • Revise Date 23 September 2024
  • Accept Date 26 January 2025

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