Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) in the United Arab Emirates — Tool and case study

Author

Assi, Ali ; Kathairi, K.A. ; Jama, Mohammed

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., UAE Univ., Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

fYear

2009

fDate

17-19 March 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The main objective of this project is to design a comprehensive tool that performs technical and economical analysis for building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV). This tool will be used to propose a BIPV villa design for the UAE real-state market. MATLAB-based tool was designed to perform a full technical and economical analysis for grid-tied PV systems. The designed tool carries out number of consecutive technical analysis procedures. A large database that includes various PV modules and inverters is used. The developed tool is flexible and can be easily adapted to changes in PV technologies and weather data worldwide.

Keywords

building integrated photovoltaics; invertors; power generation economics; power grids; solar cells; BIPV; MATLAB; United Arab Emirates; building integrated photovoltaic technology; economical analysis; grid-tied PV systems; technical analysis; weather data; Buildings; Cable insulation; Conductors; Generators; Inverters; Load modeling; Photovoltaic systems; BIPV; Matlab modeling; Solar energy; photovoltaics; renewable energy; sustainable energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

GCC Conference & Exhibition, 2009 5th IEEE

Conference_Location

Kuwait City

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3885-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEEEGCC.2009.5734264

Filename

5734264