Estudio de prefactibilidad para la aplicación de un sistema fotovoltaico para el edificio administrativo de la Central Termoeléctrica El Descanso, de acuerdo con la Regulación Nro. ARCONEL- 003/18

Abstract

Technological advances and the search for new alternatives to produce less polluting electricity, using non-conventional renewable sources, allow the application of generation systems using photovoltaic solar technology. The present titling work presents a prefeasibility study that proposes alternatives of photovoltaic systems connected to the electricity grid, to cover the energy demand of the existing loads in the El Descanso thermoelectric power station, located in the El Descanso sector, Azogues, province of Cañar. The study starts with the analysis of Regulation 003/18, issued by the ARCONEL, called photovoltaic generation for self-supply of final consumers of electrical energy. The project is based on two analyzes: on the one hand, the search for feasibility at the prefeasibility level of the technical application of a photovoltaic system and on the other hand the economic evaluation of the project. Several technical and economic alternatives are presented for the development of the degree work. Information is collected using primary sources such as the weather station owned by ELECAUSTRO, located at the El Descanso thermoelectric plant. This information allows the technical feasibility to be evaluated using current and more efficient technology, thus allowing the existing solar resource in the area to be used as much as possible. As for the economic evaluation, current prices allow estimating investment costs for each of the technical alternatives proposed and thus determine the economic viability of each.