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Título del libro: Proceedings Of The 25th International Conference On Efficiency, Cost, Optimization And Simulation Of Energy Conversion Systems And Processes, Ecos 2012
Título del capítulo: Economic feasibility of PV systems in hotels in Mexico

Autores UNAM:
AUGUSTO SANCHEZ CIFUENTES; SERGIO QUEZADA GARCIA;
Autores externos:

Idioma:
Inglés
Año de publicación:
2012
Palabras clave:

Costs; Energy conversion; Photovoltaic cells; Profitability; Solar radiation; Sun; Economic feasibilities; Economic profitability; Electrical energy; Electricity tariff; Future projections; Me-xico; Photovoltaic; Photovoltaic panels; Hotels


Resumen:

In this study, the hotels located in Mexico, with energy demand over 100 kW are analyzed to determine the conditions for which it is profitable to produce their own electricity through photovoltaic panels. The electric tariff paid by hotels, has different prices for electricity during the day, i.e., is consider the hour of day in which electrical energy is consumed and the maximum demand that is taken in the month. By using HOMER software, economic profitability is analyzed under different levels of solar radiation and demand curve to energy electricity in hotel. The result shows that only for the hotels located in regions with higher solar radiation in Mexico the use of photovoltaic panels is profitable. During the study, one of the most important factors to profitability is the time of day that peak demand comes. However, when making a future projection of the electricity tariff, if they keep raising the price of electricity as in recent years, in early 2014 photovoltaic panels could be the best choice for hotels in most parts of the country.


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