Solar Farm

Leader: Dela Rosa, Jomari P.

Members: Encarnacion, Jude R.
Llamzon, Mark Joseph C.
Mariano, Tom Lee P.
Samaniego, Aldrin Cloyd
Siton, Kim Alexis
Tria, Ace Jam A.
Overview
 Solar farms are large scale solar installations where photovoltaic (PV)
panels, referred to as solar panels, or other means of collecting solar
energy, like concentrating solar systems are used to harvest the suns
power. They’re different than rooftop solar systems and even
commercial solar power systems in a number of important ways.
 Solar farms are also known as solar parks and solar power stations.
They operate as power plants, just like a natural gas power plant or
other sources of energy generation that have generated electricity for
consumers for the last century. It is also consist of different types of
parabolic through system generating 500KW of electric power
 Unlike residential and commercial systems, they’re decentralized and
usually consist of ground-mounted solar panels installed across large
areas. In most cases instead of providing power to a local end-user
like a homeowner or business solar farms provide power to the
electric grid and are part of the utility’s energy mix. There are
different types of large solar projects, like community solar farms and
utility-scale solar farms. Some solar projects, like those built to
power data centers or other large users of solar power, have solar
farms built purely for their use—sometimes onsite, sometimes offsite.
 Ecology and Nature Conservation
Solar farms have the potential to increase the biodiversity
value of a site if the land was previously intensively managed.
Solar parks typically present no negative environmental impact to
the surrounding area and wildlife. They make a substantial
positive contribution, of course, toward efforts to achieve a
reduction in CO2 emissions, and this has a positive impact on
ecology generally.
Effects on Land Use
 The area that a solar farm occupies is an important consideration in most
locations. As the surface area of the installation determines the yield,
utility-scale installations require large areas of land. Solar installations
take up considerably larger areas of land in comparison to wind farms. A
wind farm of 25 MW may cause approximately 12 ha of habitat loss under
the turbines, tracks, and compounds, with the land between the turbines
(spaced for safety and to avoid turbulence remaining intact and available
for continued land use. Framework encourages the effective use of land
by focusing large-scale solar farms on previously developed and
nonagricultural land, provided that it is not of high environmental value.
If a proposal involves “greenfield” land, it should be demonstrated that
the proposed use of the agricultural land is necessary that poorer quality
land has been used in preference to higher quality land; and that there
are provisions for continued agricultural use where applicable and/or
biodiversity improvements around arrays. In some countries, large areas
of nonagricultural land are under pressure for development, with barren
or desert landscapes preferred as there is little settlement and little
vegetation to disturb. While these landscapes are perhaps less affected
than smaller scale verdant landscapes, there are nonetheless impacts on
the ecology and environment, ranging from altering the soil ecosystems
below the panels, to interrupting migration of species across the area.
Site selection for the utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) solar farm is a critical
issue due to its direct impact on the power performance, economic,
environmental, social aspects, and existing as well as future
infrastructures.
Components of Solar Farm
Materials to be use:
 Solar Panel - Solar panels are made up of solar (or
photovoltaic) cells that can be used to produce
electricity using the photovoltaic effect.

 Solar Charge Controller - A charge controller, also

known as a charge regulator, is a voltage and/or current
regulator that prevents batteries from being
overcharged.

 Motors/Pump - a mechanical device using suction or

pressure to raise or move liquids, compress gases, or
force air into inflatable objects.
 Battery - A battery is a system that stores and
transforms chemical energy into electrical energy.

 Inverters – A Inverter is a system or circuit that

converts direct current (DC) to alternating current
(AC).
 Central Inverter - A central inverter is prewired
electronic equipment that can be custom made for the
demands of large-scale utility solar farms, commercial
rooftop solar installations, and grid-tied solar farms. A
central box inverter has everything a solar site needs
for distribution, automation, security, and monitoring.
Since central inverters can withstand almost any
climate, customers benefit from the low installation
costs and project cycle times.
 String Inverter - String inverters are essentially smaller versions
of central inverters. They are extremely efficient, are much
easier to install, and have a lower installation cost per peak
watt than the other types of inverters. In the past, string
inverters have cost more than central inverters, however, costs
are continuing to fall as more large solar farms start using more
string inverters for better overall solar farm up time.
 Micro Inverter - Small but mighty, micro inverters work panel
by panel and are user friendly for customers. Micro inverters
can be found on residential rooftop installations and operate at
a 190 to 220-watt power point. Despite their size, they have
created more opportunity to harvest energy on a smaller level.

 Floating switch - Floating switch is a float switch detects the

level of a liquid in a tank or container.

 Valve - A valve is a mechanism or natural entity that opens,

closes, or partially obstructs different passageways to regulate,
direct, or control the flow of a fluid.
Advantages

 Most clean and renewable source of energy.

 It is available in abundance and endless.
 It provides electricity at low cost, as fuel is free.
 With new research in this sector we now have a good power storage
solution.
 Keeping in mind the pollution and cost of fossil fuel, it’s becoming the
most reliable source of clean energy.
 Virtually every country can benefit from solar farms.
 Solar farms requires very little maintenance.
 Once created and installed, solar farms are a zero-emission energy
resource.
 It allows everyone to benefit from solar power.
Disadvantages

 It requires a lot of land to be captured forever.

 Initial cost of installation is too high.
 The energy storage options are not efficient and moreover
costly of efficient.
 Power production is quite low as compared to nuclear or
other resources to produce power.
 Their production causes pollution.
 Output levels can be affected by weather conditions.
 Solar farms are expensive to build.
LARGEST SOLAR FARM FOUND IN CALATAGAN,
BATANGAS
18 MW BATAAN SOLAR POWER PLANT
50 MW: Tarlac Solar Power Project
(TSPP), Philippines
End of the PRESENTATION

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