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Tridimensional Sustainability and Feasibility Assessment of Grid-Connected Solar Photovoltaic Systems Applied for the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

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العنوان: Tridimensional Sustainability and Feasibility Assessment of Grid-Connected Solar Photovoltaic Systems Applied for the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
المؤلفون: Ciprian Cristea, Maria Cristea, Dan Doru Micu, Andrei Ceclan, Radu-Adrian Tîrnovan, Florica Mioara Șerban
المصدر: Sustainability; Volume 14; Issue 17; Pages: 10892
بيانات النشر: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: MDPI Open Access Publishing
مصطلحات موضوعية: grid-connected photovoltaic system, renewable energy, solar energy, feasibility analysis, public building, energy efficiency, Romania
جغرافية الموضوع: agris
الوصف: Nowadays, as the technology behind solar photovoltaic systems has been significantly improved, along with a significant decrease in costs, grid-connected photovoltaic systems are becoming an important option to reach a low-carbon energy transition. The high cost of electricity consumed at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca represented a good reason for the university to increase its energy efficiency by adopting and increasing energy consumption from renewable energy sources. This paper assesses the technical, economic, and environmental feasibility of deploying four photovoltaic systems at the aforementioned university situated in the Northwestern part of Romania, according to the Romanian renewable energy legislation. PVSOL software has been used to estimate the performance of photovoltaic installations. The results indicated that the most viable distributed generation system is the one with a capacity of 100 kW, meeting approximately 23 percent of university electricity needs, and at the same time, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 460 tons. A sensitivity analysis has been performed to evaluate the effect of several critical parameters on the PV system’s economic feasibility. The results provide valuable decision-making information regarding the buildings’ solar potential for other universities, supporting the transition to solar energy.
نوع الوثيقة: text
وصف الملف: application/pdf
اللغة: English
Relation: Energy Sustainability; https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su141710892
DOI: 10.3390/su141710892
الاتاحة: https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710892
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.725FF4A
قاعدة البيانات: BASE