Abstract

The study analyses the use of photovoltaic standalone AC system employing a battery and an inverter, which will supply continuous electricity in rural communities of Bayelsa State. It showcases the enormous potential of solar radiation in Bayelsa State and the benefit of taping it to solve the growing energy demand of rural communities. The analysis looks at the need to power a building load demand in Akassa community of Brass Local Government Area (BLGA) of Bayelsa State in order to solve the increasing energy demand of the community. The technology is based on a Photovoltaic (PV) system, a battery and an inverter to solve the building load demand for 24 h. This enormous potential of solar radiation estimated, can be explored with the use of photovoltaic modules to address the problem of inadequate rural communities’ electrification of Bayelsa state.

Keywords:

Hybrid system, irradiation, photovoltaic cell, photovoltaic module, renewable energy,

References

Competing interests

The authors have no competing interests.

Open Access Policy

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.

Copyright

The authors have no competing interests.