GIS-based estimation of roof-PV capacity & energy production for the Seeb region in Oman

Author

Charabi, Yassine ; Rhouma, M.B.H. ; Gastli, Adel

Author_Institution

Dept. of Geogr., Sultan Qaboos Univ., Muscat, Oman

fYear

2010

fDate

18-22 Dec. 2010

Firstpage

41

Lastpage

44

Abstract

This paper assesses the potential solar power for the PV roof integration system using the Geographic Information System (GIS). The residential area of Seeb (Muscat-Oman) was investigated as a case study. The constraint of the roof optimization for the optimal design of solar photovoltaic fields consisting of multiple rows was analyzed and the optimal area of deployment of PV collectors was calculated taking into account orientation, shading and masking of adjacent rows. A MATLAB program was developed in order to estimate the total roof-PV power capacity and total annual energy generation. The program takes into account the different factors that affect the efficiency of the PV. The results show that, if we consider 10 hours as a daily average of sunshine, the total roof PV panels in the Seeb area will be equivalent to a 300MW power generation plant.

Keywords

building integrated photovoltaics; geographic information systems; optimisation; power engineering computing; solar absorber-convertors; solar power; GIS-based estimation; Oman; PV collector deployment; PV roof integration system; Seeb region; annual energy generation; energy production; geographic information system; optimisation; power 300 MW; power generation plant; roof optimization; roof-PV capacity; solar power; Buildings; Conferences; Photovoltaic systems; Production; Solar energy; Solar radiation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conference and Exhibition (EnergyCon), 2010 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Manama

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9378-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ENERGYCON.2010.5771717

Filename

5771717