Design of Photo Voltaic (PV) Solar Power Plant to Supply Electricity and to Pump Water to Chele Community

摘要

Most people in Angola are still having problems with accessing electricity and water for daily basis. In Angola only 15% of villages are having electricity and water supply. Along the years the uses of non-renewable energies have been the most used and now they are becoming difficult to access. The challenge is to transmit electricity to village because of grid costs and long distances. Renewable energy sources are a good option because they neither require complicated infrastructure nor a national grid. Chele is a village that is in Cabinda (Angola) and situated more than 100 Km away from Cabinda city. People of Chele community have been experiencing lack of water and electricity supply, and the villagers need to walk more than 8 Km to get water. The lack of electricity in this village is due to the fact that there is no closest national grid to supply electricity and to pump water. The paper reports on a project of providing affordable and sustained electricity and water supply to Chele community. The best way to implement this is to design stand-alone PV Solar Power Plant system to supply Electricity and Pump water to Chele community.