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Multicriteria solar photovoltaic potential evaluation for high educational buildings. Case study of Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

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  • Hurtado-Pérez, Elías
  • Bastida-Molina, Paula
  • Aparisi-Cerdá, Isabel
  • Alfonso-Solar, David
  • Fernández, Ana Rodríguez

Abstract

Solar PV technologies have been expanding rapidly, and the installed power has increased, especially in the last decade. Their inclusion in university buildings arises as a key factor for sustainable transition in cities, since they have an important potential as case studies for urban experimentation positive effects on students and other stakeholders. This paper proposes a method to determine the availability for installing solar PV in universities' rooftops, considering simulation and cartography data, together with a final experimental validation stage. Unavailable areas for each rooftop are determined, including obstacles, the inner use of the rooftop and shadowed areas. Finally, the method verifies the technical suitability for all the proposed scenarios and applies an economic-environmental multicriteria evaluation to select the most suitable one. The methodology is validated in the Universitat Politècnica de València Vera-Campus. In total, 88913 m2 of the rooftops are suitable for solar PV incorporation, representing 48 % of the total surface. 52 % of the solar PV installable capacity takes place in surfaces which can incorporate more than 100 kW, 20.6 % between 50 and 100 kW and 27.4 % less than 50 kW. Finally, the multicriteria evaluation proved that the scenario with all the possible installations is the most suitable one.

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  • Hurtado-Pérez, Elías & Bastida-Molina, Paula & Aparisi-Cerdá, Isabel & Alfonso-Solar, David & Fernández, Ana Rodríguez, 2024. "Multicriteria solar photovoltaic potential evaluation for high educational buildings. Case study of Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 227(C).
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:227:y:2024:i:c:s0960148124006256
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2024.120560
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