Reliability evaluation of solar power in South Africa's power system

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dc.contributor.advisorStone, Adrianen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorMerven, Brunoen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBailey, Nicolasen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-05T03:50:28Z
dc.date.available2014-11-05T03:50:28Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractGlobal utilisation of renewable energy sources such as solar photovoltaics (PV) in electric power systems is growing rapidly due to government incentives, and negative environmental impacts associated with conventional generators. Many consider solar PV as a promising alternative source of energy due to its apparent environmental, social and economic benefits. This together with government incentives and programmes such as the renewable energy independent power procurement program (REIPPPP) has allowed for investment in PV in South Africa (SA). Solar irradiation is a variable energy source and thus serious consideration needs to be given to the effect that PV might have on the reliability of the system. As a result traditional methods of evaluating power system reliability cannot be used when utility-scale PV is introduced to the system. Thus probabilistic methods are commonly employed to evaluate reliability. In this thesis time series data was used to simulate the yield from 27 PV plants, as defined by round 1 and round 2 of the REIPPP process, through a yield model developed for this investigation.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBailey, N. (2014). <i>Reliability evaluation of solar power in South Africa's power system</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Mechanical Engineering. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9135en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBailey, Nicolas. <i>"Reliability evaluation of solar power in South Africa's power system."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9135en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBailey, N. 2014. Reliability evaluation of solar power in South Africa's power system. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Bailey, Nicolas AB - Global utilisation of renewable energy sources such as solar photovoltaics (PV) in electric power systems is growing rapidly due to government incentives, and negative environmental impacts associated with conventional generators. Many consider solar PV as a promising alternative source of energy due to its apparent environmental, social and economic benefits. This together with government incentives and programmes such as the renewable energy independent power procurement program (REIPPPP) has allowed for investment in PV in South Africa (SA). Solar irradiation is a variable energy source and thus serious consideration needs to be given to the effect that PV might have on the reliability of the system. As a result traditional methods of evaluating power system reliability cannot be used when utility-scale PV is introduced to the system. Thus probabilistic methods are commonly employed to evaluate reliability. In this thesis time series data was used to simulate the yield from 27 PV plants, as defined by round 1 and round 2 of the REIPPP process, through a yield model developed for this investigation. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Reliability evaluation of solar power in South Africa's power system TI - Reliability evaluation of solar power in South Africa's power system UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9135 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9135
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBailey N. Reliability evaluation of solar power in South Africa's power system. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9135en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Mechanical Engineeringen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleReliability evaluation of solar power in South Africa's power systemen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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