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The paper presents one of the first discussions on the new Solar Atlas of Saudi Arabia which was launched in Feb 2104. The solar atlas data comprises of live data recording from 70 stations across the country. The current paper presents the solar maps of the country through various months. The solar maps show that the DNI in various regions of the country ranges from approximately 9.0 kWh/m2/ day...
Electric water heaters consumes major part of energy in residential sector and hence there is a need to find an economical solution. One potential solution is to use solar water heating (SWH) systems. The aim of this work is to assess the techno-economic viability of SWH technologies for domestic purpose. In this study, different types of SWH collectors like evacuated tube and glazed collectors are...
A wind–pv–diesel hybrid power system has been designed for a village in Saudi Arabia which is presently powered by a diesel power plant consisting of eight diesel generating sets of 1,120 kW each. The study found a wind–pv–diesel hybrid power system with 35% renewable energy penetration (26% wind and 9% solar PV) to be the feasible system with cost of energy of 0.212 US$/kWh. The proposed system was...
One of the most important operational requirements for any electrical power network for both distribution and transmission level is voltage control. Many studies have been carried out to improve or develop new voltage control techniques to facilitate safe connection of distributed generation. In Saudi Arabia, due to environmental, economical and development perspectives a wide integration of photovoltaic...
One of the most important operational requirements for any electrical power network for both distribution and transmission level is voltage control. Many studies have been carried out to improve or develop new voltage control techniques to facilitate safe connection of distributed generation. In Saudi Arabia, due to environmental, economical and development perspectives a wide integration of photovoltaic...
This paper purposes the effective use of solar energy in Photovoltaic (PV) module to get the maximum power output. As the performance of any PV module depends on various environmental factors, especially on solar irradiation and temperature, the paper analyzes one year solar irradiation data in Saudi Arabia, studies the performance parameters of PV cell for different location. Here, to study the performance...
The main objective of the presented work is to investigate the effect of Grid-Connected Photovoltaic systems on the voltage regulation of a residential electricity network in Saudi Arabia. Firstly, a typical residential network is used as the base case. Actual data for both loads and irradiance has been used to build a realistic model. Then, two main situations are set up for peak and light load conditions...
The main objective of the presented work is to determine the ability of Grid-Connected Photovoltaic systems to reduce total and peak load demand in Saudi Arabia. Firstly, the impact of linking PV directly with grid has been assessed to find the level of penetration that can be achieved without any technical changes in the Saudi utility network. Actual data for both loads and irradiance has been used...
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