A photovoltaic generator on coconut island

✍ Scribed by N.R. Sheridan

• Book ID: 103898501
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 942 KB
• Volume: 25
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0378-7753
• DOI: 10.1016/0378-7753(89)85012-8

✦ Synopsis

A description is given of the design principles of a photovoltaic-diesel power generator that has been constructed on Coconut Island, Torres Strait, to supply a village of 130 people with 240 V: 50 Hz electricity. Even though the solar fraction is only 0.4, the system sets a precedent for Australia with an array size of 23 kW. The uniqueness arises, however, from the fact that it is a stand-alone, inverter-driven system of considerable size with a sine-wave output.