Sizing of photovoltaic array for low feed-in tariffs

Author

Maranda, Witold ; Piotrowicz, Maciej

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microelectron. & Comput. Sci., Lodz Univ. of Technol., Lodz, Poland

fYear

2014

fDate

19-21 June 2014

Firstpage

405

Lastpage

408

Abstract

The photovoltaics is approaching the threshold of economical feasibility and various incentives for its development are being reduced in favour of low feed-in tariffs. For the household, the benefits from having a PV-system are shifting from selling energy to self consumption of PV energy. The paper investigates the sizing of PV-system for a household with feed-in tariffs lower than purchase tariffs. The calculations are performed for a full year period with recorded irradiance data and household energy consumption profiles. The use of optional short-term energy storage has also been investigated. The results are presented in respect to PV vs household sizing and feed-in vs purchase tariff ratios.

Keywords

energy consumption; energy storage; photovoltaic power systems; tariffs; energy consumption profiles; household sizing; low feed in tariffs; photovoltaic array; short term energy storage; Arrays; Electricity; Energy consumption; Integrated circuits; Photovoltaic systems; Production; array sizing; feed-in tariff; photovoltaics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits & Systems (MIXDES), 2014 Proceedings of the 21st International Conference

Conference_Location

Lublin

Print_ISBN

978-83-63578-03-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIXDES.2014.6872229

Filename

6872229