Net-Metering and Self-Consumption Analysis for Direct PV Groundwater Pumping in Agriculture: A Spanish Case Study

Aliaga, Álvaro Rubio; Molina‐García, Ángel; Cascales, María Socorro García; Sánchez-Lozano, Juan Miguel

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“…The integration of PV power plants into groundwater pumping installations was recently considered as a suitable alternative. Rubio-Aliaga et al [16] presented a feasibility study with a multidimensional analysis of PV solar power systems connected to the grid as a groundwater pumping solution, including net-metering conditions and benefit estimations, in Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). Different surplus energy sale scenarios were analyzed based on crops typical in this location, the corresponding annual water requirements, and common grouping areas.…”

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“…The SIMUS method is proposed by the authors to order the alternatives. With this aim, a hybrid method based on Linear Programming (LP) and Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) and on the Outranking procedure [4,5,6] is sequentially applied. SIMUS starts from an initial matrix.…”

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“…Nowadays, most of the commercial water pumps equipment work with the supply of either electricity from the grid or from Diesel engines. However, PV Water Pumping (PVWP) [1][2][3][4] has been marginally implemented; being considered as an electric energy source mainly in remote locations or through hybrid solutions. There are four different ways for managing water pumping, with three options or alternatives each, as illustrated in Figure 1.…”

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Assessment of Groundwater Pumping Alternatives for Irrigation Purposes based on the SIMUS Method

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The agricultural sector production in developing countries is highly dependent on rains, being affected by scarcityperiods and important water resource reductions in summers. It is very common in countries of the Mediterranean basin that need to pump water for the irrigation of crops, mainly due to the problems of drought and shortage of surface water for irrigation. The water pumping from the subsoil can be then assumed as annual, seasonal or direct, identifying different types of energy sources such as fossil fuels —mainly diesel equipment—, direct supply from grid or PV power plants— isolated or connected to the grid through net-balance system—,which are required to be applied by the agricultural sector. It can be affirmed that the majority of the commercially available water pumps run with electricity generated by Diesel engines and renewables, more specifically photovoltaic (PV) solar technologies, which have become a competitive alternative to pump water with real advantages over traditional fuel-driven generators. However, PV Water Pumping (PVWP) solutions have been marginally implemented; being considered as an electric energy source mainly in remote locations or through hybrid solutions. This paper describes a multidimensional methodology assessment of the different types of groundwater pumping with their potential combinations of aggregated agricultural areas, aquifer depth, and irrigation crop requirements, to determine the optimum or suitable size for future implementation of the most advantageous system, according to the aquifer depth and the water endowment defined. For that, this paper uses the SIMUS method for the assessment of the different types of groundwater pumping, with their potential combinations, by considering specific water aspects of the Spanish studied area (Castilla La Mancha, Spain).

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Assessment of Groundwater Pumping Alternatives for Irrigation Purposes based on the SIMUS Method

García-Cáscales

Molina‐García

Sánchez-Lozano

et al. 2020

2020 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2020 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Syst

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The agricultural sector production in developing countries is highly dependent on rains, being affected by scarcity periods and important water resource reductions in summers. It is very common in countries of the Mediterranean basin that need to pump water for the irrigation of crops, mainly due to the problems of drought and shortage of surface water for irrigation. The water pumping from the subsoil can be then assumed as annual, seasonal or direct, identifying different types of energy sources such as fossil fuels-mainly diesel equipment-, direct supply from grid or PV power plantsisolated or connected to the grid through net-balance system-, which are required to be applied by the agricultural sector. It can be affirmed that the majority of the commercially available water pumps run with electricity generated by Diesel engines and renewables, more specifically photovoltaic (PV) solar technologies, which have become a competitive alternative to pump water with real advantages over traditional fuel-driven generators. However, PV Water Pumping (PVWP) solutions have been marginally implemented; being considered as an electric energy source mainly in remote locations or through hybrid solutions. This paper describes a multidimensional methodology assessment of the different types of groundwater pumping with their potential combinations of aggregated agricultural areas, aquifer depth, and irrigation crop requirements, to determine the optimum or suitable size for future implementation of the most advantageous system, according to the aquifer depth and the water endowment defined. For that, this paper uses the SIMUS method for the assessment of the different types of groundwater pumping, with their potential combinations, by considering specific water aspects of the Spanish studied area (Castilla La Mancha, Spain).

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Net-Metering and Self-Consumption Analysis for Direct PV Groundwater Pumping in Agriculture: A Spanish Case Study

Cited by 6 publications

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Solar Power System Planning and Design

Solar Power System Planning and Design

Assessment of Groundwater Pumping Alternatives for Irrigation Purposes based on the SIMUS Method

Assessment of Groundwater Pumping Alternatives for Irrigation Purposes based on the SIMUS Method

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