Performance Assessment of the First Residential Grid-Tie PV System in Jordan

Abstract

In Jordan, exploration of energy sources has been initiated due to a sever power shortage. In this paper, a grid-connected photovoltaic solar system to supply a residence in Amman is implemented. The operational performance results of performance ratios are presented to study the effectiveness of the photovoltaic system without battery storage. Online monitoring is employed and real time data is collected to study the feasibility of grid-tied photovoltaic system. Experimental findings show the high efficiency and stability of the grid-connected photovoltaic system. Also the control unit shows a good performance of improving a flexible regulation of power factor using maximum power point tracking.

Keywords: grid-tie photovoltaic solar system; maximum power point tracking; single-stage inverter.