A nuclear power plant is planned to be constructed near Sydney. The plant is required to...

A nuclear power plant is planned to be constructed near Sydney. The plant is required to have an installed capacity of 1200 MW and will be operated for 7500 hours per year. Consider providing 1200 MW of energy by two solar power plants; one in Sydney and the other in Canberra. It is required that a fixed solar module be mounted. Determine the following parameters if the overall efficiency of the module is given as 15%:

a) The peak power of the solar generator at each site.
b) The total solar generator area for each site.
c) The amount of land area required at each site.
d) Discuss any technical, environmental, operational and financial implications of using solar power modules at the two sites.

Expert Solution

Given that,

E = 1200Mw

r = 15%

h = 24000Mwh

A = ?

PR = 0.75

A = 1200 X 1000 / 0.75 X 0.15 X 24000

= 444.4 m²

a) P =?

0.15 = 1200 / P

P = 1200 / 0.15

P = 8000MW.

c) The total area of the plant = 4444.4 + 4444.4 = 8888.8

And the total plant area = 12000 m2

samet mamat answered 2 years ago

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