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dc.contributor.authorKorsavi, Sepideh Sadat
dc.contributor.authorZomorodian, ZS
dc.contributor.authorTahsildoost, M
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-09T07:25:26Z
dc.date.available2021-10-09T07:25:26Z
dc.date.issued2018-02
dc.identifier.issn0959-6526
dc.identifier.issn1879-1786
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/18023
dc.description.abstract

Photovoltaic (PV) Panels, one of the more promising renewable energy technologies, are growing rapidly nowadays, especially in developed countries. However, these systems have not achieved public acceptance in some countries due to low energy efficiency and poor economic performance, especially in countries which are subsidized in energy tariffs. In this paper, the energy and economic performance of fourteen rooftop PV systems with the power of 5 kW in the hot and dry climate of Iran are assessed by monitoring the total annual energy production and simulation. The monitored data is used to analyze systems’ economic performance via Pay-Back Period (PBP), Net Present Value (NPV), Return of Investment (ROI) and Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE). Results show that single array configuration systems have the maximum energy production while dividing the system decreases the production. Economic analysis shows that the average PBP is 11.6 years under actual price of electricity (0.21$), however it is 46.9–50.5 years under subsidized average tariffs. ROI values range from 2.6 to 3.2 with the average of 2.9 for actual prices. Under subsidized prices, the cash generated by investment cannot even offset the costs that the investment requires during its lifetime with NCF and NPV being both negative. Overall, the systems are not economically beneficial under subsidized average tariffs in Iran, which discourages private and public sectors to investment on these systems. Environmentally, each PV system can averagely reduce 500 kg CO2 emission in the first year of installation and fourteen of them can approximately reduce 1,613,900 kg of CO2 emission during life time of PV panels.

dc.format.extent1204-1214
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectPV panels
dc.subjectEconomic performance
dc.subjectEnergy performance
dc.subjectActual and subsidized prices
dc.subjectPerformance optimization
dc.titleEnergy and economic performance of rooftop PV panels in the hot and dry climate of Iran
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
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plymouth.volume174
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalJournal of Cleaner Production
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.026
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business/School of Art, Design and Architecture
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dcterms.dateAccepted2017-11-05
dc.rights.embargodate9999-12-31
dc.identifier.eissn1879-1786
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rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.026
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