Quantitative assessment of roof top solar photovoltaic power: A case study from university hostel of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa

Abstract

University hostels are the places where dreams of students cherish and blossom. In academic as well as extracurricular activity, there is a need of undisturbed electric supply in hostels. But, due to certain constraint, the civilian electricity supply doesn't meet the demand. In such case, alternative source, such as rooftop solar power supply plays a vital role. A case study has been done at University Boys’ Hostel of Dr. RPCAU, Pusa. In this paper, assessment of rooftop solar power availability has been done to achieve the power requirement of university boy’s hostel. Further, a layout of solar power plant has also been proposed. In this study, after designing the layout plan, a financial assessment of the project has also been done, considering recent market price. The entire planning has been carried by considering the actual space available at the roof top for installation of the solar panels. The results from this study suggest that total total power requirement in university boy’s hostel to meet the load was about 43 kWp/day. And also total cost of installation was about Rs 52 lakhs.