Standalone PV systems: A case study of rural long houses in Brunei Darussalam

Author

Hassan, S.B. ; Ang, S.P. ; Yunus, E.M.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Electron. Eng. Programme, Inst. Teknol. Brunei, Gadong, Brunei

fYear

2013

fDate

22-25 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper presents a model for implementing standalone PV systems for houses in rural villages in Brunei Darussalam. These houses currently meet the power requirements by deploying generators. Brunei´s location on the sunbelt makes it an ideal place for the generation of photovoltaic (PV) electricity. The PV model presented here has been developed in three stages: site survey, determination of PV system parameters based on peaksun hour (PSH) and evaluation of economic issues. The model has been applied to a long house in Sukang village for validation. The results has shown that solar PV systems are economically feasible, easily implementable and are viable green energy alternatives for the energy hungry rural villages in Brunei.

Keywords

building integrated photovoltaics; renewable energy sources; PV system parameters; economic issues; peaksun hour; photovoltaic electricity; rural long houses; rural villages; site survey; solar PV systems; standalone PV systems; Arrays; Batteries; Home appliances; Inverters; Photovoltaic systems; Solar energy; Sun; photovoltaic systems; renwable energy; simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TENCON 2013 - 2013 IEEE Region 10 Conference (31194)

Conference_Location

Xi´an

ISSN

2159-3442

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2825-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TENCON.2013.6718872

Filename

6718872