Design of Solar Power Plant for Electrical Engineering Department Laboratory

Indonesia's electricity consumption is projected to increase significantly when fossil fuels run out, therefore renewable energy is used as an innovative step to meet these electricity needs. In this paper, will discuss a Photovoltaic (PV) Power Plant design proposed to meet electrical energy needs in Electrical Engineering Laboratory (EEL) of the Faculty of Engineering (FoE), Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani (Unjani). This design is made by considering the existing laboratory load capacity, the need for solar panel units, configuration, and type of installation, the number of solar panel components, climate data, and the maximum tilt angle of the panel that can be produced for 1 year. The simulation of rooftop PV systems laboratories produce a PV Generator Power (AC grid) 31.220 kWh/year, the required area is 200 m² with 121 units of 265 Wp solar panels, and 11 units of 2 kW inverter connected on-grid 220V/50 Hz, with a fixed tilt angle 16 face to the north. These results are projected to meet electricity consumption needs in the laboratory.