Computer-Aided Design and Simulation-Based Efficiency Improvement of the First Egyptian Solar City

This article proposes a design of the world's first complete solar city, where this city produces more energy than what it consumes. The architecture design of the city is accomplished by Sketchup software which was used to design buildings and facilities within this city integrated with Skelion solar design plugin renewable energy extension. The PVsyst Solar Energy Software is used to simulate and analyze the generated electric solar power of the world's first solar city. Matlab/Simulink simulation is used to study the efficiency of the Solar Photovoltaic (PV) system under different climates in Egypt. Also, Lumion software is used for rendering and 3D animation of the solar city in live scenarios. The main contribution of this research work is to produce electricity that exceeds the consumption of the residents of this solar city or what is called the over-unity system.