TECHNICAL, LEGAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL APECTS OF THE PROJECT OF THE 3MWP PV PLANT PETROLINA
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https://doi.org/10.59627/cbens.2014.1828Keywords:
PV Power Plant Petrolina, licensing of PV Plants in Brazil, osts of grid-connected PV systems in BrazilAbstract
In August 2011 , the Brazilian National Electric Energy Regulatory Agency (Aneel) issued a Request for Proposals for the implementation of Centralized PV Plants by Brazilian utilities, in the scope of a strategic research project. The project, called "Insertion of Solar Photovoltaic Generation in the Brazilian Energy Matrix", aims to foster the national development of products and services, the training of qualified personnel in the area of photovoltaics, as well as to propose regulatory mechanisms. In this context, the Hydroelectric Company of the São Francisco River (CHESF – Companhia Hidroelétrica do São Francisco), proposed the implantation of a 3 MWp PV plant in the outskirts of the City of Petrolina, located in the State of Pernambuco, in the Northeast region of Brazil. In the same site, a solar thermal power plant (1 MWe) and a solar energy laboratory are also being built. This research laboratory for different types of solar systems, both thermal and photovoltaic, small, medium and large sized, will interact with the PV plant. The project presented by CHESF plans to install a conventional 2.5 MWp PV plant (c-Si ), along with other systems comprising 0.5 MWp of modules of different materials and technologies, both with and without solar tracking, in order to compare all of these different technologies operating in real conditions in a tropical region. The 2.5 MWp c-Si plant is expected to operate continuously and to provide references for the analysis of the technical and economic feasibility of such conventional PV power plants in Brazil, which includes the actual costs (US$ / MWh) and the local availability of devices and services. It is also intended to be used as a personnel training center for the design, installation and maintenance of PV systems. This article describes the project of the "Photovoltaic Solar Platform Petrolina", showing both activities that are planned and those already carried out. The basic design of the 2.5 MWp plant is addressed, together with a set of detailed information on the legal and environmental issues related to the installation of these plants in Brazil. Finally, a preliminary analysis of the costs of the plant is presented, specifying the prices of different items in the domestic market.
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