Jhevish/Sizing-of-on-grid-renewable-energy-system-in-Mauritius

#This is one of my favourite project which i did when I was in my last year of my BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering # Overview A specific location is picked, one that is located at L'aventure in the Flacq district and has coordinates of -20.153786° and 057.678401°. In order to determine a system, the load variations and energy consumption are quoted from the proper sources and extrapolated to forecast future demand. A site assessment will provide information on environmental conditions such as temperature, solar energy, wind speed, and other factors. Through that , the selected system has been modelled and simulated using the NREL System Advisor Model (SAM). To determine the most feasible solution, the findings are analyzed, and performance and financial assessment are examined. # Introduction ## Sizing-of-on-grid-renewable-energy-system-in-Mauritius Mauritius has no known coal reserves or oil and is therefore heavily dependent on imported energy resources. The electricity production is characterized by the Central Electricity Board (CEB) and the various Independent Power Producers (IPPs). However, environmental issues have been brought to the surface in relation to the energy policy mainly as a result of global warming, caused by emission of greenhouse gases (UNDP, 2022). Mauritius is situated in the tropics as such benefits from 2900 hours of sunlight per annum. In order to encourage the use of solar energy whether for water heating or electricity production, incentive schemes are devised so as to enable long-term goals to be achieved, addressed by the Renewable Energy Masterplan. CEB provides many schemes such as Net-Metering, Gross-Metering and NetBilling to attract interested parties to adopt energy production from renewable resources. Hence, it is worthwhile to investigate the implementation of a grid-tied PV system under proposed schemes for an entity (Green Growth Knowledge Platform, 2022). The national and international economies were impa …