Feasibility Study of Zero Energy Houses: Case Study of Magrun City - Libya

The residential load is one of the largest consumers of the electric energy in Libya that could be supplied by renewable energies. Renewable energy technologies and systems can be a good solution to build “Zero Energy Buildings”. A zero-energy house is proposed for Maqrun city. It is intended to use...

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Published in:Solar energy and sustainable development $b (Online) 2021-02, Vol.7 (2)
Main Authors: Alshoshan, Karima H, El-Osta, Wedad B, Kahlifa, Yosof M, Saleh, Ibrahim M
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The residential load is one of the largest consumers of the electric energy in Libya that could be supplied by renewable energies. Renewable energy technologies and systems can be a good solution to build “Zero Energy Buildings”. A zero-energy house is proposed for Maqrun city. It is intended to use wind turbine with batteries as a storage system to supply electric energy demand for this house.The intended house average daily electric energy demand is estimated to be 35 kWh/day. Two WECS were selected to supply the energy demand each of size 6 kW. The energy produced by the selected wind energy conversion system (WECS) is about 23,894 kWh/yr and the expected capacity factor at the site is about 23%. Modeling of energy demand of the house and simulation of its performance was performed using excel sheets and HOMER software.
ISSN:2411-9636
2414-6013
DOI:10.51646/jsesd.v7i2.74