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Abstract
This chapter analyzes the performance of three large-scale PV power plants configuration to feed industrial areas in Egypt. Besides, the effect of shading with different percentages on the topologies has been introduced. The performance during shading has been analyzed to illustrate the system’s ability to feed the required power with the help of the storage system. This study has been accomplished during maximum loading hours and has shown the performance of the battery when the power produced from the PV power plant is lower than the load power. When the PV modules have been rewired to take into account the wind direction effect in the decentralized PV system, the power produced from the PV system has been improved. The effect of dust included in the wind has been considered in the study of produced power from both centralized and decentralized PV systems. The results have proved that the power produced from decentralized PV systems is affected by the wind. Using the MATLAB/SIMULINK package as shown at appendix 1, the performance of the proposed designs has been estimated using a proper simulation model. The results have illustrated the amount of power-saving of the storage system when the reconnection of decentralized PV power plant takes the factor of wind direction into account. To conclude, the results prove the advantages of the decentralized PV power plant considering wind effect configuration which produces 17% higher power than the centralized one and produces 10% higher power than the decentralized one without considering wind effect under the same shading conditions. The effect of shadow on centralized and decentralized systems leads to loading on battery bank by 34% and 27%, respectively. This is higher than the loading of battery in the decentralized PV power plant considering wind effect of only 17%, which increases battery life span. Finally, this chapter represents a step for evaluating the possible large-scale PV power plant constructions by taking into account the technical circumstances.