The RETScreen model for assessing potential PV projects

Thévenard, Didier; Leng, Gregory J.

doi:10.1109/pvsc.2000.916211

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“…RETScreen software was developed by Natural Resources Canada's CANMET Energy Diversification Research Laboratory (CEDRL) in collaboration with Government of Canada using f-chart method [8]. It is a tool used by decision makers to figure out clean energy projects potential before making investment.…”

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Economic Viability of Solar Photovoltaic Water Pump for Sustainable Agriculture Growth in Pakistan

Mehmood

Waqas

Mahmood

2015

Materials Today: Proceedings

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Economic Viability of Solar Photovoltaic Water Pump for Sustainable Agriculture Growth in Pakistan

Mehmood

Waqas

Mahmood

2015

Materials Today: Proceedings

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“…It evaluates the feasibility of any project and helps to implement it economically. The algorithms used by software can calculate economic, technical and environmental behavior of renewable energy projects [7].The developer of RETSCREEN software had merged geographical and climate condition of all cities of world map [8]. The detail of various locations of India which we have analyzed in this paper is shown in the Table 1.…”

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“…SIMULATION IN RETscreenIn RETscreen software, user provides load and its type either AC or DC which is converted into Total equivalent DC demand by algorithms using these formula[7] …”

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A case study for solarification project of different places in India

Kumar

Pal

Naithani

2015

2015 International Conference on Circuits, Power and Computing Technologies [ICCPCT-2015]

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As the population is increasing day by day, so the energy demands are bound to increase. In recent years India has seen several blackouts. To meet the future demand of power we should start investing in renewable energy. India has great potential for solar energy which is still untapped. Solar energy is residential friendly and can be installed easily in residential areas. This paper presents the Modeling and Cost analysis of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and the energy saved in a domestic household from its use. The study is conducted in five different places of INDIA using RETSCREEN software. The role of solar radiation on size of PV system and their economic influence of different location is analyzed for equal load demand. The parameters used for economic analysis of modeling work are Net Present value (NPV), payback period, Internal Rate of Return (IRR) etc. Different parameters were compared for different selected locations. Finally, it is found in the analysis that solar irradiation level has great influence on the PV array size, its efficiency, capital cost, IRR, payback period and levelised cost of energy, etc. Also electricity generated by the solar PV system reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emission and makes the environment more eco friendly.The weather information was taken from the NASA website.

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“…The Solar Irradiation and Ambient Temperature of Makurdi The output of PV systems depends heavily on the average daily solar radiation incident upon the array [10].The designed is based on meteorological data of Makurdi in North central of Nigeria. Makurdi is located on latitude: 07.41N, longitude: 08.37E, elevation of 113 meters on the global map.…”

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Cost parity assessment of a solar PV generator for a commercial bank in Makurdi

Goshwe

Afiagh

Okafor

2013

2013 IEEE International Conference on Emerging &Amp; Sustainable Technologies for Power &Amp; ICT in a Developing Society (NIGE

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Electricity in some developing countries supply is epileptic and has over the years posed as a major challenge to the economic and industrial development. In Nigeria, for example, only about 40% of the population have access to electricity from the national grid. There is therefore need to develop clean alternative sources of energy like solar Photovoltaic (PV) that will improve access to electricity. This paper presents an energy audit and PV sizing for a typical commercial bank in Nigeria that will be supplied electricity by a standalone PV generator. The energy audit provided a saving of about 33% that reduced the numbers of both batteries and solar panels which are the major cost components of the installation. RETScreen was used to size the power installation and it returned the total surface area required for the installation to be 438.5 m 2 , an array of 456 solar modules rated at 120 watts and 194 battery bank each having ampere-hour rating of 400AH. The return on investment based on the cost of running generator for business by the bank in addition to the monthly payment to the power utility company is 4 years, 9 months while the grid parity is estimated at 19.86 years.

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The RETScreen model for assessing potential PV projects

Cited by 28 publications

References 2 publications

Economic Viability of Solar Photovoltaic Water Pump for Sustainable Agriculture Growth in Pakistan

Economic Viability of Solar Photovoltaic Water Pump for Sustainable Agriculture Growth in Pakistan

A case study for solarification project of different places in India

Cost parity assessment of a solar PV generator for a commercial bank in Makurdi

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