Title :
An evaluation of stand-alone electrical power PV systems at Orang Asli villages in Cameron Highland, Malaysia
Author :
Rahim, A.A.R. ; Shukri, A.F.R. ; Norlia, M.I. ; Yatim, Y. ; Hasan, Z. ; Nizam, Shahrul ; Hashim, U.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Syst. Eng., Univ. Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Arau, Malaysia
Abstract :
This paper present a case study investigation on the functionality status of the rural photovoltaic electrical power photovoltaic (PV) systems installed at several Orang Asli villages or settlement around Cameron Highland, Pahang, Malaysia after average of 10 years of operation. Several important findings are highlighted and discussed.
Keywords :
photovoltaic power systems; Cameron Highland; Malaysia; Orang Asli villages; Pahang; rural photovoltaic electrical power photovoltaic systems; stand-alone electrical power PV systems; Batteries; Communities; Conferences; Electricity; Inverters; Maintenance engineering; Roads; Orang Asli; photovoltaic; renewable energy; rural; stand-alone;
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy (PECon), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kota Kinabalu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5017-4
DOI :
10.1109/PECon.2012.6450236
