Evaluation of Solar Resource Availability and Smart Load Scheduling for Residential Buildings

William Olurotimi Falana, Ikechukwu Samuel Obidi, Samuel Nii Tackie

2025

Abstract

Residential energy applications based on solar resources are rapidly becoming the norm due to the enormous advantages of solar energy. In this study we investigated and evaluated the amount of solar resources available around the year using Cyprus has a case study. This was done by understanding the seasonal trends and potential solar outputs that can be available to a hypothetical residential load which were classified into two. Fixed load of 2.5kw and flexible load of 1.5kw making the total load 4kw. To achieve this we used a dataset from NASA POWER that provides us with important information about our case study Cyprus such has All Sky Surface Shortwave Downward Irradiance and All sky isolation clearness index which was used for this analysis. An evaluation model is created using Python to simulate the availability and reliability of solar energy resources for a potential smart load scheduling strategy using the hypothetical residential load of 4kw. The results shows that during the summer period there is abundance of solar resources to cater for our hypothetical residential load of 4kw (fixed and flexible loads), with an average daily energy production of 6.83 kWh and a clearness score of 0.66, this suggest that during this period the sky conditions is perfect for solar collecting. During the winter period the result suggest that there was less solar resources availability to cater for our hypothetical residential load of 4kw, with an average daily energy production of 2.46 kWh and a clearness score of 0.49, suggest that during this period the solar resources can only cater for the fixed load, this is as a result of frequent cloud cover and limited sun. Spring and autumn indicated moderate levels with some variation.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Falana W., Obidi I. and Tackie S. (2025). Evaluation of Solar Resource Availability and Smart Load Scheduling for Residential Buildings. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Electronics, Energy, and Computer Sciences - Volume 1: ICEEECS; ISBN 978-989-758-783-2, SciTePress, pages 203-210. DOI: 10.5220/0014288600004848

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceeecs25,
author={William Olurotimi Falana and Ikechukwu Samuel Obidi and Samuel Nii Tackie},
title={Evaluation of Solar Resource Availability and Smart Load Scheduling for Residential Buildings},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Electronics, Energy, and Computer Sciences - Volume 1: ICEEECS},
year={2025},
pages={203-210},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0014288600004848},
isbn={978-989-758-783-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Electronics, Energy, and Computer Sciences - Volume 1: ICEEECS
TI - Evaluation of Solar Resource Availability and Smart Load Scheduling for Residential Buildings
SN - 978-989-758-783-2
AU - Falana W.
AU - Obidi I.
AU - Tackie S.
PY - 2025
SP - 203
EP - 210
DO - 10.5220/0014288600004848
PB - SciTePress