A Review on Capacity Utilization Factor and Cost Economics of Net Metering for Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants in Maharashtra and India

  • Shantanu Deshmukh university of pune
  • Mahesh Wagh
Keywords: Performance Ratio (PR), Factors affecting Performance Ratio, Capacity Utilization Factor (CUF), Disadvantages of CUF, Net meter, Cost Economics of Net metering

Abstract

—Conventional Energy sources cannot match the current scenario of our India because of the increment in load, so it requires an external source to fulfill this energy, hence solar energy can be an alternative non-conventional energy source. In some years the use of solar PV panels have increased steadily due to increased energy demand globally. Thus it has become very important to make the solar plant more competitive in economic terms and one way it can be done is by improving the performance of the plant. The performance output of the solar PV power plant depends mainly on performance parameters. i.e., Performance Ratio (PR), Capacity Utilization Factor (CUF). The paper overviews performance ratio, capacity utilization factor, different factors affecting CUF of solar power plant. It also analyzed the annual scenario as well as average monthly scenario of solar PV with respect to CUF in India. Net metering of solar PV plant is one of the new concepts used for measurement of solar energy imported and exported from the solar PV system. Net-meters are bidirectional meters which record consumer import and export energy between grid and solar plant, hence the calculation of net energy is possible by using them. This paper also reveals cost economics for installation of net metering systems in the state of Maharashtra and of solar PV power plant in India

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Published
2018-03-20
How to Cite
Deshmukh, S., & Wagh, M. (2018). A Review on Capacity Utilization Factor and Cost Economics of Net Metering for Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants in Maharashtra and India. Asian Journal For Convergence In Technology (AJCT) ISSN -2350-1146, 3(3). Retrieved from https://asianssr.org/index.php/ajct/article/view/220
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