A Sensitivity Analysis of Very Large-Scale Photovoltaic Power Generation (VLS-PV) Systems in Deserts

Author

Ito, Masakazu ; Kato, Kazuhiko ; Komoto, Keiichi ; Kichimi, Tetsuo ; Kurokawa, Kosuke

Author_Institution

Tokyo Inst. of Technol.

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

38838

Firstpage

2387

Lastpage

2390

Abstract

A preliminary study on potential of very large scale photovoltaic power generation systems (VLS-PV) in deserts from economical and environmental view points has been studied. However, the data in the studies depend on site, country, price and so on. Therefore, a sensitivity analysis of the studies should be obtained. In this paper, five case studies of sensitivity analysis of VLS-PV systems were evaluated from economical and environmental view points. Case studies were set five cases; (1) PV module efficiency, (2) PV module degradation, (3) interest ratio and depreciation period, (4) labor cost and (5) cable. In summary, generation cost was affected by degradation, interest ratio, depreciation period and labor cost. Required energy and CO₂ emission were affected by PV module efficiency and degradation ratio

Keywords

air pollution; photovoltaic power systems; power generation economics; sensitivity analysis; PV module degradation; PV module efficiency; cable; case studies; degradation ratio; depreciation period; deserts; economical view points; environmental view points; generation cost; interest ratio; labor cost; sensitivity analysis; very large-scale photovoltaic power generation systems; Large-scale systems; Photovoltaic systems; Sensitivity analysis; Solar power generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279672

Filename

4060158