Evaluation of Residential Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System as the Potential Energy Source in Malaysia

Wahid, Siti Sufiah Abd; Nawawi, Zainuddin; Jambak, Muhammad Irfan; Arief, Yanuar Z.; Sidik, Muhammad Abu Bakar; Mustafa, Mohd Wazir; Adzis, Zuraimy

doi:10.12928/telkomnika.v14i4.3818

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“…The Government of Malaysia has gazetted Renewable Energy Act (RE Act) in 2011 together with the Sustainable Energy Development Authority Act (SEDA Act) to encourage energy generation from renewable resources in Malaysia. This is in line with government's inspiration to reduce dependency on fossil fuel based energy resources such as natural gas and coal that has been used mostly as the source of electricity generation [1]. In addition, the use of renewable energy will reduced greenhouse gas emissions to the environment that cause global warming consistent with Malaysia's commitment to the World during the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at Copenhagen in 2009.…”

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 59%

Technical and Economic Analysis of Net Energy Metering for Residential House

Mansur¹,

Baharudin²,

Ali³

2018

IJEECS

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Renewable Energy Act (RE Act) has been gazetted by the Malaysian Government in 2011 to encourage energy generation from renewable resources. Under Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme, solar PV has gained popularity due to its high FiT rates. However, the FiT scheme for solar PV has expired in 2016 and been replaced by the Net Energy Metering (NEM) scheme. The objective of this research work is to technically and economically analyze the solar PV system for a residential house under NEM scheme. The methodology involves gathering solar energy resource information and daily residential load profile, sizing PV array together with grid-connected inverter and then lastly simulation of the design system by using PVsyst software. Based on the results obtained, the amount of energy generated is higher when the capacity of solar PV system is increased. While most of the energy generated is exported to the grid, only up to 25% of load demand is supplied by the solar PV system. From economic aspect, the residential house does not need to pay the electricity bill due to the self-consumed of energy generated and profit gained from excess energy exported to the grid. From the environmental aspect, 2,434 kWh energy generated from renewable resource annually and consumed by the residential load has replaced the fossil fuel based power from grid. This value is equivalent to almost 1.7 tons of CO2 avoidance to the environment.

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Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 59%

Technical and Economic Analysis of Net Energy Metering for Residential House

Mansur¹,

Baharudin²,

Ali³

2018

IJEECS

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“…Recently the launching of leasing packages for rooftop solar has attracted customers to put solar panels on the rooftops of their buildings. Signing up for attractive packages such those requiring zero capital can promote and incentivize buyers to invest into such plans that will give benefits in terms of bill savings to customers [37][38][39][40].…”

Section: Rooftop Solarmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Potential and Status of Renewable Energy Development in Malaysia

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The Malaysian Government has set an ambitious target to achieve a higher penetration of Renewable Energy (RE) in the Malaysian energy mix. To date, Malaysia has approximately 2% of its energy coming from RE generation sources compared to the total generation mix and targets achieving 20% penetration by 2025. The current energy mix for Malaysia power generation is mainly provided by natural gas and coal. The discussion will cover the traditional sources of generation including natural gas, coal and big hydro stations. In addition, the paper will cover in depth the potential of RE in the country, challenges, and opportunities in this sector. This study can give an initial evaluation of the Malaysian energy industry, especially for RE and can initiate further research and development in this area in order to support the Government target to achieve RE target of 20% by 2025.

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“…Generally, the results shown in Figure 6 are the net power generated by the systems. Since the generated power has a close relationship with voltage, these results deliver an initial information that the system follows the general output power indicated in equation (1). From equation 1, a potential power of configuration A at third generator is;…”

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confidence: 74%

“…In Malaysia, hydropower plant, gas-based power plant, coal power plant continues to dominate the power generation sectors [1]. However, gas and coal-based power plant depends on the availability and price of the fossil material.…”

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confidence: 99%

Pico-hydro Electrification from Rainwater’s Gravitational Force for Urban Area

Yaakub¹,

Basar²,

Noh³

et al. 2018

TELKOMNIKA

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The demand for electrical energy is increasing in most areas in the world. Unstab le fossil fuel price and its rapid depletion have led to an intensive research on new energy source and energy conversion. This paper presents the performance of the energy harvesting which focuses on the experimental work to emulate energy harvesting from the rainwater b y utilizing a Pico-hydro approach installed to a high b uilding. NACuM core DB-370F DC generators, 1000 litres water tank, 0.5 inch diameter piping system used in two different configurations with three different head setups. The result shows a huge energy harvesting potential ob tained from the system and rainwater with maximum 261 milliwatts despite the hardware's limitation in the setup. Hance, contrib utes to the cost-efficient due to its small in size, environmentally friendly, and hassle-free maintenance.

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Evaluation of Residential Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System as the Potential Energy Source in Malaysia

Cited by 12 publications

References 6 publications

Technical and Economic Analysis of Net Energy Metering for Residential House

Technical and Economic Analysis of Net Energy Metering for Residential House

The Potential and Status of Renewable Energy Development in Malaysia

Pico-hydro Electrification from Rainwater’s Gravitational Force for Urban Area

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