Economic and technical study for the construction of a 1 MW grid-connected solar power plant in southern Iran

TL;DR

This study evaluates the feasibility of constructing a 1 MW grid-connected solar power plant in southern Iran, analyzing technical and economic factors using local data and HOMER software to estimate energy production and costs.

Contribution

It provides a detailed feasibility analysis for a solar power plant in Iran, incorporating local data and using HOMER software for energy and cost estimation.

Findings

Annual average energy production of 1127 kWh/day

Peak load of 0.467 kW in July

Maximum energy produced in July

Abstract

Renewable energy such as solar and wind energy can solve the major problems of humanity such as electricity and fresh water. The renewable energy sources are promising to take a significant share in the energy sector as a viable option for integration with conventional fossil fuel power plants. In this paper, the production of 1 MW of electricity for several households in the city of Sirjan in southern Iran has been studied. The actual data required by the model including solar irradiation, air temperature, load profile, cost of energy for Sirjan, Iran have been utilized in the proposed model. Considering the Iranian market, the fixed and current costs of building this power plant have been studied. Then, using Hummer software, the amount of electricity production per month has been studied. Results showed that Scaled data were used for calculations in HOMER. It had a scaled annual average of 1127 kWh/day and the peak load was 0.467 kW. The maximum electricity energy is obtained in July.