A Review of Solar Energy Prospects in Palestine

Ajlouni, Eman; Alsamamra, Husain

doi:10.11648/j.ajme.20190503.11

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“…This system will produce 57.16 KW. The solar panels were installed with column space of 5 cm and row space of 1.16 meters to reduce the shadows, on tilt angle of 23 degree to the south which is the best in Palestine [21].…”

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Solar Photovoltaic Systems on Public Schools Buildings: A Case Study in Palestine

Alsamamra¹,

Shoqeir²

2021

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Renewable energy exploitation has proved its promising characteristics in sustainably securing energy needs. This work is a comprehensive assessment of the potential of renewable penetration in securing electricity needs in Palestine. Methods of assessment have been determined based on solar potential. Al-Dahriya secondary school in the south Hebron directorate of education was used as a case study, where these building have low working hours all over the year, which will increase the total income of the annual solar energy. AutoCad software simulation program was used to draw the rooftop of the school. The powerful HOMER Pro R software was used for the simulation processes of the PV system and its requirements. Results showed that, the rooftop could accommodate 144 panels, with 57.16 KW. This system will produce 92,866 KWh every year, which could be an input of 5.12% of the total annual power consumption in Palestine if this system installed on every school in Palestine, which are in total 3074 schools. Due to the number of working hours and low energy consumption in schools, the payback period of the project will be 4.38 years. The income of the surplus when installing such project on all schools in Palestine will be around 43 million USD to the Palestinian Treasury every year after the payback period.

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Solar Photovoltaic Systems on Public Schools Buildings: A Case Study in Palestine

Alsamamra¹,

Shoqeir²

2021

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“…For instance, Palestine has an estimated annual average daily solar energy in the range of 5.4 kWh/ m 2 -6 kWh/m 2 with sunshine hours over 3,000 hours per year. However, this average daily solar energy goes as low as 2.6 kWh/m 2 in December and reaches up to 8.4 kWh/m 2 in June [14][15][16][17][18]. Based on that, the PA, through the Palestinian Energy and Natural Resources Authority (PENRA), has set several policies for encouraging investment in PV systems.…”

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Grid Impact Assessment of Centralized and Decentralized Photovoltaic-Based Distribution Generation: A Case Study of Power Distribution Network with High Renewable Energy Penetration

Khatib

Sabri

2021

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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This paper presents a grid impact assessment of a 5 MWp photovoltaic-based distribution unit on a 33 kV/23 MVA power distribution network with high penetration of renewable energy generation. The adapted network has an average load demand of 23 MVA, with a 3 MWp centralized PV system, and a number of decentralized PV systems of a capacity of 2 MWp. A grid impact assessment is done to an additional 5 MWp of PV generation as a centralized system as well as a number of decentralized systems. Power flow analysis is conducted to the grid considering different generation loading scenarios in order to study grid performance including active and reactive power flow, voltage profiles, distribution power transformers loading, transmission lines ampacity levels, and active and reactive power losses. On the other hand, the distribution of the decentralized systems is done optimally considering power distribution transformer loading and available area using the geographical information system. Finally, an economic analysis is done for both cases. Results showed that grid performance is better considering decentralized PV systems, whereas the active power losses are reduced by 13.43% and the reactive power losses are reduced by 14.48%. Moreover, the voltage of buses improved as compared to the centralized system. However, the decentralized PV systems were found to affect the power quality negatively more than the centralized system. As for the economic analysis, the decentralized PV system option is found slightly less profitable than the centralized system, whereas the simple payback period is 9 and 7 years, respectively. However, decentralized PV systems are recommended considering the technical implications of the centralized PV system.

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“…For instance, Palestine has an estimated annual average daily solar energy in the range of (5.4 kWh/m 2 -6 kWh/m 2 ) with sunshine hours over 3000 h per year. However, this average daily solar energy goes as low as 2.6 kWh/m 2 in December and becomes up to 8.4 kWh/m 2 in June [3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. Based on that, the PA, through Palestinian Energy and Natural Resources Authority (PENRA) has set a number of policies for encouraging investment in photovoltaic (PV) systems.…”

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“…Finally, many countries, worldwide, have started to install PV systems in Palestine as a form of support to the development process. For example, the Czech Republic is accounted for installing about 0.5 MWp of PV systems through scattered projects [3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. As a fact, the funding of PV system projects by international funding agencies has become a recent goal.…”

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Palestine Energy Policy for Photovoltaic Generation: Current Status and What Should Be Next?

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Most of the consumed energy in Palestine comes from Israel. Meanwhile, the Israeli government controls the amount of electricity for Palestinians due to political reasons. This has led to many electricity shortages, prompting the Palestinians to invest in grid connected photovoltaic systems to mitigate electricity shortages. However, the lack of experience and loose energy policies have negatively affected the electricity distribution network in Palestine. Thus, this paper aims to discuss the current energy policy model for photovoltaic generation in Palestine and the challenges facing it. Moreover, 15 photovoltaic systems are selected in this research for technical and economical evaluation, to first show the typical performance of photovoltaic systems in Palestine, and second, to prove that there are failure cases in many systems due to a number of behavioral and structural barriers. Finally, the paper proposes a suggestion of unbundling transmission lines in the region to address the current critical status of photovoltaic investment in Palestine. As a result, the typical average yield factor of photovoltaic systems in Palestine is in the range of 1368–1816 kWh/kWp per year with a payback period of 5.5–7.4 years. However, the percentage of failure for the installed systems is found to be 47%. Meanwhile, the low awareness and lack of non-technical information are the main behavioral barriers, while grid infrastructure, lack of technical standards and staff training as well as loose and discouraging policies are the most dominant structural barriers.

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A Review of Solar Energy Prospects in Palestine

Cited by 15 publications

References 19 publications

Solar Photovoltaic Systems on Public Schools Buildings: A Case Study in Palestine

Solar Photovoltaic Systems on Public Schools Buildings: A Case Study in Palestine

Grid Impact Assessment of Centralized and Decentralized Photovoltaic-Based Distribution Generation: A Case Study of Power Distribution Network with High Renewable Energy Penetration

Palestine Energy Policy for Photovoltaic Generation: Current Status and What Should Be Next?

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