Solar farm sizing for supporting pumped storage hydropower applications
The present report consists of optimising the PV plant layout based on the minimisation of the levelised cost of energy (LCOE). To do this, it is necessary to estimate the costs of a PV plant in order to create a generic method to solve the optimum when the costs of the project are not yet known. Bu...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis de maestría |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | catalán |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/392262 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/392262 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Photovoltaic power systems -- Design and construction -- Economic aspects Photovoltaic power systems -- Capital investments -- Econometric models Instal·lacions fotovoltaiques -- Disseny i construcció -- Aspectes econòmics Instal·lacions fotovoltaiques -- Inversions de capital -- Models economètrics Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies::Energia solar fotovoltaica::Instal·lacions solars de baixa potència connectades a la xarxa Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacions::Anàlisi de processos de negoci i de fabricació |
| Sumario: | The present report consists of optimising the PV plant layout based on the minimisation of the levelised cost of energy (LCOE). To do this, it is necessary to estimate the costs of a PV plant in order to create a generic method to solve the optimum when the costs of the project are not yet known. Budgets of real projects are analysed to find relationships to estimate them. There are costs within the LCOE that are not provided by the budgets, such as operation and maintenance costs and decommissioning costs. In these cases, cost analysis publications will be used to estimate them. A method is developed to optimise each of the possible inverter configurations: central, multistring and string. An analysis is made of the results obtained to see their affinity with the real average values. Subsequently, the sizing of a floating PV plant is optimised; as it is a new technology, it is necessary to re-estimate some costs. Finally, the environmental and social impact of PV plants as well as the participation of women in such renewable energy projects are analysed |
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