Outlook and challenges for promoting solar photovoltaic rooftops in Thailand

Chaianong, Aksornchan; Pharino, Chanathip

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.042

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“…Thai residential electricity demand has grown simultaneously for two decades ago. As in 2008, household power demand reached about 28,528.4 GWh which account for eight times rise from 1982 [20]. If Thai government urges to make sure adequate electricity supply to accommodate the growing demand, decentralized model of residential solar PV should be encouraged.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Self-consumption solar PV, as a decentralized model, has strong prospects to develop and need to be expanded to increase domestic energy and self-reliance [19]. Because of the accelerated growth of solar PV capacity has, observing emerging PV users in Thailand is of interest [20]. Evaluating the residential sector individually is needed because it is possibly as future's key contributor to Thailand fast growing in the solar PV market.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Forecasting Annual Solar PV Capacity Installation in Thailand Residential Sector: A User Segmentation Approach

Fachrizal¹,

Tang²

2019

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Solar PV is one of the fast-growing renewable energy in Thailand. Three sectors are contributing to solar PV installation, which are solar farms, industrial, and residential sector. However, the latter only contributes 1.39% of the cumulative capacity in 2016. By considering the lowering price of installation cost, growing affordable households, and a vast amount of solar irradiation in Thailand, it is of interest to observe the potential of the residential sector. Besides, there is a lack of study that focuses on the forecasting of residential solar PV in Thailand. Thus, this paper emphasizes on annual installation forecast of solar PV capacity in Thailand residential sector by using segmentation. This research categorizes residents into four categories, PV users with and without batteries, potential users, and rejecters, aimed to understand different types of users. An online survey of Thai residents about solar PV utilization was conducted from December 2017 to February 2018 to collect the data for the research. The results find that there is an exponential trend of increasing residential solar PV installation, followed by the reduction of payback period over time. It is forecasted about 3,511.4 MW of residential PV installation in the end of forecasting period. This research helps the decision maker to update the policies.

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Section: Residential Solar Pv In Thailandmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Forecasting Annual Solar PV Capacity Installation in Thailand Residential Sector: A User Segmentation Approach

Fachrizal¹,

Tang²

2019

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“…The level of urbanization is an important indicator for the socio-economic development in a ZIP code. Chaianong et al indicated that an increasing urbanization rate also resulted in an increase of potential suitable space for solar systems [35]. The ZIP codes with more photovoltaic installations were predicted to have higher urbanization rates.…”

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The Influence of Local Environmental, Economic and Social Variables on the Spatial Distribution of Photovoltaic Applications across China’s Urban Areas

2018

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Abstract:The capacity of new installed photovoltaic (PV) in China in 2017 was increased to 53.06 GW, reaching a total of 402.5 GW around the world. Photovoltaic applications have a significant role in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and alleviating electricity shortages in the sustainable development process of cities. Research on the factors that influenced the spatial distribution of photovoltaic applications mostly focus on a certain project or a region. However, it is a complicated process for decision-making of photovoltaic installations in urban areas. This study uses zip code level data from 83 cities to investigate the influence of local environmental, economic and social variables on the spatial distribution of photovoltaic applications across China's urban areas. By analyzing the current situation, the locations of urban photovoltaic applications are collected and presented. Statistical analysis software is used to evaluate the influence of selected variables. In this paper, correlation analysis, principle component analysis (PCA) and cluster analysis are generated to predict urban photovoltaic installations. The results of this research show that Gross Domestic Product (GDP), electricity consumption, policy incentives, the number of photovoltaic companies, population, age, education and rate of urbanization were important factors that influenced the adoption of urban photovoltaic systems. The results also indicate that Southeast China and Hangzhou Province are currently the most promising areas as they have a higher rate of solar photovoltaic installation. These conclusions have significancefor energy policy and planning strategies by predicting the future development of urban photovoltaic applications.

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“…Chaianong et al [101] describe the current situation as an opportunity to include photovoltaic systems (on rooftops) in Thai cities. It is argued whether the participation of these systems brings environmental benefits, diversification or energy autonomy.…”

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The Role of Renewable Energy in the Promotion of Circular Urban Metabolism

2017

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Cities are human creations requiring large amounts of materials and energy. Constant consumption of resources exerts pressure on the environment not only due to its exploitation, but also because once processed, the resources produce waste, emissions or effluents. Cities are responsible for more than three quarters of the emissions of greenhouse gases. It is anticipated that the urban population will increase by up to 80% by the mid-21st century, which will make the current energy model unsustainable, as it is based on the intensive use of fossil resources. A change in urban planning is required to meet the energy requirements of cities. Several studies mention that renewable energy must be used in cities, but they do not identify the resources and technologies that can be used to promote circular urban metabolism. A review of the literature establishes that there are eleven renewable technologies with different degrees of maturity that could reduce the import of energy resources, which would contribute to changing the metabolic linear model into a circular model. However, the applicability of the different possibilities is conditional upon the availability of resources, costs, policies and community acceptance.

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Outlook and challenges for promoting solar photovoltaic rooftops in Thailand

Cited by 56 publications

References 26 publications

Forecasting Annual Solar PV Capacity Installation in Thailand Residential Sector: A User Segmentation Approach

Forecasting Annual Solar PV Capacity Installation in Thailand Residential Sector: A User Segmentation Approach

The Influence of Local Environmental, Economic and Social Variables on the Spatial Distribution of Photovoltaic Applications across China’s Urban Areas

The Role of Renewable Energy in the Promotion of Circular Urban Metabolism

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