Investigation of Photovoltaic Panel Topology Performance to Feed Electricity in Rural Area

Solar energy as a renewable energy has an important role in meeting energy needs. It provides an energy source which are environmentally friendly, extensive, renewable and sustainable. Those mains reasons make solar energy is interesting to be implemented at rural area. This paper describes the analysis of the photovoltaic-inverter topology engineering design in a rural area at N gadiprono Village, Temanggung. The application of solar energy can be converted into electrical energy using solar panels or photovoltaic (PV). The right PV topology can produce maximum power with high efficiency because the proper topology reduces losses and mismatches in the system. In this work, the performance of proposed PV topology is analysed and carried out by using PSIM. In this paper, the investigation of photovoltaic was early initiated to conduct for single, series, parallel topology and combination of series-parallel topology with 4 panels. Based on early investigation results and consideration that the demand of electricity for N gadiprono Village is 11750 Watt, then in this work, the simulated PV topology was continued by taking account 32 panels in series and 30 panels in parallel. The results show that the power generated by PV is influenced by the height and the low of solar radiation and temperature. The higher the solar radiation and the lower the temperature have significant influence to the higher the power generated by PV. By considering the position of solar with a year the maximum PV power yields 65282.96 Watt at 547.008 Voltage as the sun is at the equator.