Photovoltaic Solar Energy, Photovoltaic Systems, Solar Panels, Urban Energy Consumption, Renewable Energy Integration
Abstract
An energy sustainability study is presented in Nazarezinho, a municipality located in the state of Paraíba - Brazil, which has high solar incidence throughout the year. The study focused on the preliminary survey of the potential for installing photovoltaic systems on the roofs of nine, out of thirty-five public buildings in the municipality, based on the analysis of energy consumption and peak demand in these public buildings. A simplified method was applied, using free and computational devices, which makes physical presence and travel to the study locations unnecessary. It was observed that demand peaks coincide with periods in which there is greater solar irradiation in the public buildings that were the subject of the study. An estimated analysis of the potential for photovoltaic electrical generation on the roofs of the chosen buildings was carried out. It was concluded that the public buildings evaluated have the potential to generate, through the use of photovoltaic distributed generation, in the worst case, three and a half times what is consumed in energy in all public buildings in the municipality. The results obtained bring good reflections on the feasibility of installing solar panels in the municipality, becoming a motivating example for other cities in the interior of Paraíba to start using clean and sustainable energy sources.
