Integrated design of photovoltaic power generation plant with pumped hydro storage system and irrigation facility at the Uhuelem-Amoncha African community

Uchenna Godswill Onu, Giuseppe Scabello Silva, Antonio Carlos Zambroni de Souza, Benedito Donizeti Bonatto and Vinicius Braga Ferreira da Costa

Renewable Energy, 2022, vol. 198, issue C, 1021-1031

Abstract: — Seasonal and location dependence of renewable energy resources have limited their applications in power generation. Energy storage systems are promising solutions to the intermittence of renewable energy resources. Rural electricity grids are faced with economic sustainability challenges due to low power demand and poverty. A rural grid design around economic drivers like agriculture and micro industries can mitigate poverty and improve economic sustainability of rural grids. This paper presents an integrated design for photovoltaic power generation with a pumped hydro storage system for irrigation and community utilization. The design explored the natural availability of water body in an elevated settlement area that offers a natural storage height for hydro energy storage. A photovoltaic generation plant was designed to power a pump as a turbine system for water storage and generation. HOMER® energy simulation software was deployed in the simulation. The result shows a satisfactory net present cost for the possible integration of a pumped hydro storage system in a photovoltaic generation plant as the most viable option to provide power at a power supply probability of 99.9% and water for irrigation. The benefits from the irrigation and water supply will enhance the community's socio-economic development and sustain the investment.

Keywords: community; Irrigation; Photovoltaic; Pumped; Hydro; Storage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2022.08.059

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