Assessment of rooftop solar power generation to meet residential loads in the city of Neom, Saudi Arabia

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dc.contributor.authorAlqahtani, Nasser
dc.contributor.authorBalta-Ozkan, Nazmiye
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-22T10:13:27Z
dc.date.available2021-07-22T10:13:27Z
dc.date.issued2021-06-24
dc.description.abstractThe economic and social development of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has led to a rapid increase in the consumption of electricity, with the residential sector consuming approximately 50% of total electricity production. The KSA depends largely on non-renewable energy resources, and the government has produced Saudi Vision 2030. This plan aims to lessen the country’s reliance on fossil fuels and reduce associated problems such as air pollution. Saudi Vision 2030 combines renewable energy and new building designs so that, for example, the planned city of Neom will be net zero energy. This study addresses how best to reduce Neom’s reliance on the national grid through rooftop photovoltaic generation in residential buildings. The study develops a techno-economic model of rooftop PV with battery storage suitable for existing residential building types likely to be built in Neom city (villas, traditional houses, and apartments), and assesses the optimal PV size, battery storage capacity, and optimal orientation of the PV panels. The study used HOMER Pro to compute the Net Present Cost, Levelized Cost of Energy, orientation of PV panels, and optimum PV system size. The optimal size of PV system is 14.0 kW for the villa, 11.1 kW for the traditional dwelling, and 10.3 kW for the apartment, each with a single battery of capacity 12 kWh.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationAlqahtani N, Balta-Ozkan N. (2021) Assessment of rooftop solar power generation to meet residential loads in the city of Neom, Saudi Arabia. Energies, Volume 14, Issue 13, June 2021, Article number 3805en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1996-1073
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/en14133805
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/16916
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherMDPIen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectsolar photovoltaic panelen_UK
dc.subjectdomestic PVen_UK
dc.subjectsolar rooftop energyen_UK
dc.subjectNeom cityen_UK
dc.subjectnet zero energy buildingen_UK
dc.subjectHomer Proen_UK
dc.titleAssessment of rooftop solar power generation to meet residential loads in the city of Neom, Saudi Arabiaen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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