Investigating Impact and Viability of Hostile Weather Conditions on Solar Farm Establishment in Nigeria: A Case Study

Omorogiuwa Eseosa

Investigating Impact and Viability of Hostile Weather Conditions on Solar Farm Establishment in Nigeria: A Case Study

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The study investigates impact of hostile weather conditions on performance and viability of solar farm establishment in Nigeria. This was done on two different PV Modules of 10MW capacity using NASA radiation data for six (6) different locations (Abuja, Birnin-Kebbi, Enugu, Lagos, Port Harcourt and Maiduguri) in Nigeria. RET Screen clean energy software was used in the simulation. The results show dependence of Capacity Utilization Factor (CUF) on Solar Irradiation among other design and technological factors like Controlled tracking of PV Module and type. Other Factors like air temperature, wind speed, elevation from horizon and latitude of the location that affect irradiation are also investigated. The findings showed that increasing the output of the system by increasing the capacity of PV module does not affect CUF but attract additional cost, thus making solar farm in hostile environment costly.

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Omorogiuwa Eseosa, Omorogiuwa Eseosa. 2017. "Investigating Impact and Viability of Hostile Weather Conditions on Solar Farm Establishment in Nigeria: A Case Study". Global Journal of Research in Engineering, Global Journal of Research in Engineering - F: Electrical & Electronic GJRE-F Volume 17 (GJRE Volume 17 Issue F6).

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Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/gjre

Print ISSN 0975-5861

e-ISSN 2249-4596

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GJRE-F Classification FOR Code: 090699

Submission ReceivedDecember 10, 2016
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Accepted January 2, 2017
Published January 15, 2017

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October 13, 2017

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Country: Nigeria

Subject: Global Journal of Research in Engineering

Authors: Omorogiuwa Eseosa, Martins Enebieyi William (PhD/Dr. count: 0)

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