Author(s)

Naser Waheeb Alnaser¹, Waheeb Essa Alnaser²

¹Department of Architecture and Interior Design, College of Engineering, University of Bahrain, Zallaq, Kingdom of Bahrain.
²Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Bahrain, Zallaq, Kingdom of Bahrain.

The impact of Bapco 5 MW solar PV grid-connected project on Bahrain’s outlook for clean energy and energy-mix production was analyzed since solar electricity obtained from PV installation is considered as a non-linear system. Several positive impacts were counted. These impacts were on business, economy, environment, research, green jobs creation and rooftop installation and other large-scale installation. This project had attracted public, investors, developers to invest in similar projects in the Kingdom of Bahrain; especially it is an environmentally friendly and smart technology. This innovative smart grid-connected 5 MW solar PV power plant is enough to electrify 500 houses @ 10 kW and had answered lots of frustrating questions such as the effect of dust on PV performance, need of man-made cleaning compared to naturally cleaned PV panels, reliability of the system, greenhouse gases reduction and pay-back period.

Solar PV, Bapco, 5 MW Grid Connected, Smart PV, Dust Accumulation

Alnaser, N. and Alnaser, W. (2019) Analyzing the Impact of Bapco 5 MW Solar PV Grid-Connected Project on Bahrain’s Outlook for Energy-Mix Production. International Journal of Modern Nonlinear Theory and Application, 8, 72-91. doi: 10.4236/ijmnta.2019.83006.