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Ana Cecília Fernandez dos Santos
Instituto Federal de Minas Gerais Campus Avançado Itabirito, Itabirito
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Eduardo José de Araújo
Instituto Federal de Minas Gerais Campus Avançado Itabirito, Itabirito
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Kimberlly da Silva Neves
Instituto Federal de Minas Gerais Campus Avançado Itabirito, Itabirito
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Lorena Araújo dos Santos
Instituto Federal de Minas Gerais Campus Avançado Itabirito, Itabirito
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Marlon Lucas Gomes Salmento
Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte
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Tamires Cristina Rodrigues Santos
Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte
Keywords:
Solar Photovoltaic Energy, Solar Tiles, Economic Feasibility
Abstract
Nowadays, the generation of renewable solar energy is developing on a large scale. Nonetheless, acquiring a photovoltaic system implies a high cost due to its components such as modules and high-power inverters. Taking it into consideration, only part of the population has financial access to invest in this system. A possible solution to this problem is the use of solar tiles which have become popular and enables the consumer to buy it gradually, according to his financial availability. Since plenty of this technology cannot be found in the market, there are some studies using protypes which associate mini solar panels to traditional roof tiles. In this paper, we present the economic feasibility analysis of a prototype based on mini solar panels associated to an ecological tile. Through this work, we demonstrate that this system is economically feasible, meeting the power demand and enabling its acquisition by low-income families.
