The impact of the solar energy on the load profile of the building

• Main Author: Zhang, Jun
• Other Authors: Wang Peng
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Electric power::Production, transmission and distribution
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/54364
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

With the rapid depletion of fossil fuel reserves, it is feared that the world will soon run out of its energy resources. This is a matter of concern for developing countries whose economy heavily leans on its use of energy. Under the circumstances it is highly desirable that renewable energy resources should be utilized with maximum conversion efficiency to cope with the ever increasing energy demand. The global economic and political conditions that tend to make countries more dependent on their own energy resources have caused growing interest in the development and use of renewable energy based technologies. In terms of its environmental advantages, renewable energy sources generate electricity with insignificant contribution of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases to the atmosphere and they produce no pollutant discharge on water or soil and hence power generation from renewable becomes very important. In a context of coming energy crisis, due to the declining of oil era, energy shortage and pollution problems are expected to substantially worsen. In addition to all this, environmental considerations such as global warming, will surely add significant pressure in all these matters. In this scenario renewable energies are rapidly increasing their contribution to the global mix. At present, commercially viable energy sources are oil, coal, natural gas, nuclear fission, hydropower, geothermal and solar energy. Compared to other renewable energy such as wind, hydro, solar electricity is likely to be the largest contributor to Singapore’s energy supply. Unlike fossil fuels such as oil and natural gases, the silicon sheets – known as solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, harness the sun’s energy, turning it into electricity, while emitting minimal greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. This paper aims to obtain an overview of an analysis of the impact of the solar energy on the load profile of a building such as HDB in varies circumstances in order to demonstrate the value and future usefulness of the solar energy as a primary green energy resources. The research has been carefully tailored in order to use the data to illustrate the impact to Singapore power grid by harvesting and utilizing the solar energy.