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Thesis |
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Document Title |
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FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A SOLAR POWER PLANT IN THE WESTERN REGION OF SAUDI ARABIA دراسة جدوى لمحطة توليد الطاقة الشمسية في المنطقة الغربية بالمملكة العربية السعودية |
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Subject |
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Faculty of Engineering - Department of Industrial Engineering |
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Document Language |
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Arabic |
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Abstract |
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Saudi Arabia using conventional energy technologies to meet the rapid increasing in the electricity demand. These technologies used the fossil fuel which cause environmental pollution and contributes greatly to the global warming also reduce the duration of benefit of reserve oil. Therefore, Saudi Arabia needs huge investments in the electricity sector taking into account along with the profitability the environmental protection requirements. Renewable energy is an alternative energy can preserve the environment, human health and would support the existing conventional generation. Sunlight is one of the main natural renewable energy sources and Saudi Arabia appears to have great natural potential for solar power generation due to its size and diverse geography. Accordingly, this thesis aims to provide a feasibility study for large grid connected solar power plant project in the Western region. Based on the forecasting model the power plant capacity was 1GW. Based on the selection site criteria four sites (Madina, Rabigh, Wejh and Thiba) were selected to build the plant on the best site of them. Based on the price, efficiency, area needed and scale of power plant, two solar technologies solar thermal tower and mono-crystalline photovoltaic were selected to be evaluated. A detailed feasibility study has been carried out using RETScreen software. Results showed that the best site was Thiba with daily solar radiation 6.43 kWh/m²/d, the best technology for this site was solar thermal tower and the generation electricity price was 67.63 $/MWh. This price is competitor to the unsupported fossil electricity price which is 99.20 $/MWh. The equity payback period for this combination was 8.4 years, and the benefit–cost factor was 2.73. The net annual GHG emission reduction was 1,898,214 tCO2/year. The total annual saving and income was $329,282,078. These results show the superiority of installing solar thermal tower power plant in Thiba site. |
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Supervisor |
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dr.Said Ali Hassan El-Quliti |
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Thesis Type |
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Master Thesis |
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Publishing Year |
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1434 AH
2013 AD |
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Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
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Researchers
| أحمد محمد القرني | ALGARNI, AHMED MOHAMMED | Researcher | Master | |
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