Abstract

In this research, power supply project of a school with 5 classrooms in Hormozgan Province in south of Iran through wind energy was studied. First, rate of the required energy of this school was estimated by reviewing electrical structures of the project. In the next phase, considering the required energy of this training place, the equipment required for the wind power including turbine, controller charge, inverter and battery bank has been calculated. Considering the cost price of this equipment, the primary investment costs of the power supply project of the school through wind energy have been calculated. The power supply charges of the project through the wide network which include power network costs, main cost and consumption costs have been calculated considering tariffs of the power company. At the end, economic analysis of the project was conducted by comparing these costs. Results obtained from this research indicate that considering different ways of power supply to the training places, it will be more cost effective to operate the wind power network than power network in case the distance between school and power network is about 2.85 km above and it is better to use the wind power network. In other cases, in case the wind power network is used, the primary investment will return after about 3 to 10 years and the wind power network will reach profitability whether the project needs to develop the power network or not and whether the consumed power rate is calculated with free or subsidized tariff.

Keywords:

5-Classroom school, economic analysis, power generation, wind energy,

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