Impact of PV System Tracking on Energy Production and Climate Change

Waqas Ahmed, Jamil Ahmed Sheikh and M. A. Parvez Mahmud
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Waqas Ahmed: Secret Minds, Entrepreneurial Organization, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Jamil Ahmed Sheikh: Department of Sociology, University of Wah, Wah Cantt 47040, Pakistan
M. A. Parvez Mahmud: School of Engineering, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3216, Australia

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 17, 1-7

Abstract: Green energy by PV systems reduces the dependence on fossil fuel-based power plants. Maximizing green energy to meet the demand reduces the burden on conventional power plants, hence lesser burning and greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. For this purpose, this study draws a relationship between tracking schemes of the PV systems to GHG mitigation potential. The best fit location for detailed analyses is selected among the 15 most populous cities of Australia. The solar radiation potential is increased to 7.78 kWh/m 2 /d through dual axes tracking compared to 7.54, 6.82, 5.94, 5.73 kWh/m 2 /d through the one axis, azimuth based, fixed-tilted, and fixed-horizontal surface schemes, respectively. Through the dual axes tracking scheme, a 1 MW PV system per annum energy output avoids the burning of 796,065.3 L of gasoline, 4308.7 barrels of crude oil which is equal to the mitigation of 1852.7 tCO 2 equivalent GHGs. Concisely, the PV system, through its green energy output, can avoid the release of greenhouse gases from fossil-fuel plants to tackle climate change more effectively.

Keywords: tracking schemes; PV system; GHG; climate change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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