Residential Photovoltaic Systems Design for Countries with Planned Regular Outages

Solar photovoltaic system is playing an important role to mitigate greenhouse impact on the planet. Also solar energy has the potential to support electrical loads and ensure higher network stabilities. In many countries, due to electrical generation limitation, regular outages are planned on a daily rotational sequence. The house owners rely on fossil fuel generator to support the electrical load during the planned outages. The work presented in this paper highlights the potential that PV system can play to support the load and eliminate the need for fossil fuel generator. Also the paper includes valuable information regarding the orientation and tilt for PV system to yield adequate output Lebanon. The case study which is based on real project installed in Tripoli Lebanon is also included.