Evaluation of the Economic Potential of Photovoltaic Power Generation in Road Spaces

Photovoltaic (PV) power generation has become an important clean energy generation source. In the context of transportation development and its very large energy demand, scholars have begun to use PV power generation technology on roads and their surrounding road spaces. Current research on PV power...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2022-09, Vol.15 (17), p.6408
Main Authors: Hu, Mengjin, Song, Xiaoyang, Bao, Zhongxu, Liu, Zhao, Wei, Mengju, Huang, Yaohuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative energy sources
Analysis
Clean energy
economic potential
Efficiency
Electric vehicles
Electricity
Energy consumption
Energy demand
Energy industry
Energy minerals
Fossil fuels
Green technology
Industrial plant emissions
land use
net profit (NP)
Payback periods
Photovoltaic cells
Photovoltaic power generation
Photovoltaics
power generation
Radiation
Renewable resources
road spaces
Roads
Roads & highways
Solar energy
Solar energy industry
solar energy photovoltaic
Sustainability
Traffic
Transportation planning
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Summary:Photovoltaic (PV) power generation has become an important clean energy generation source. In the context of transportation development and its very large energy demand, scholars have begun to use PV power generation technology on roads and their surrounding road spaces. Current research on PV power generation in road spaces has mostly focused on its feasibility and technical potential, but there have been few studies on its economic potential. For this reason, this paper used the Zhengding County of Hebei Province, China, to study the evaluation method of the technical and economic potential of PV power generation in road spaces and to analyze the development potential of PV power generation in road spaces. The results show that Zhengding County has a very high amount of road space available for PV power generation, with an effective PV installation area of 20.98 km2 and an annual theoretical power generation capacity of 1.5 billion kWh. If the PV road space project is fully operational in 2021, it could be profitable by 2026, and the net profit (NP) could reach $705 million in 2030. The application of photovoltaic power generation in road spaces is a very promising method of sustainable energy supply.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en15176408