GHG EMISSIONS AND ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF 1MW GRID-CONNECTED SOLAR PV PLANT AT LEFKE IN NORTHERN CYPRUS: CASE STUDY

Year 2018, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 90 - 98, 01.12.2018

Youssef Kassem , Hüseyin Gökçekuş

Abstract

The present study aimed to
evaluate and analyze the techno-economic of proposing a 1MW grid-connected PV
power plant in Lefke town. The potential of proposed a PV plant was also
assessed from environmental viewpoints by calculating the annual total amount
of CO2. Three different tracking systems (Open surface, Vertical-axis, and
Two-axis) were investigated. The analysis showed that the LCOE for an Open
surface, Vertical-axis, and Two-axis tracking systems were 0.150$/kWh,
0.115$/kWh and 0.109$/kWh, respectively. The resulting GHG emissions were
varied between 1321 and 1829 tCO2/year while the energy performance, assessed as
EP, was varied between 11.2 and 16.8 years. This study concluded that the PV
plant could be used as a viable alternative to reduce the GHG emissions in
Northern Cyprus and generating electricity from environmentally friendly
scours.  

Keywords

Economic viability; GHG emissions; Lefke town; PV power plant; Sun-tracking systems.

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