Design of a decision support tool to assess shift to Photo Voltaic systems- Lebanon Case

The purpose of this project is to design a decision support tool to assess the life-cycle cost of a centralized versus decentralized Photo Voltaic (PV) system at the level of a municipality in Lebanon. The project shall focus on assessing the system cost from cradle-to-grave; that is starting from importing system components through transportation, installation, and eventually the de-installation and disposal of the system. More specifically, the project shall include:

• Location allocation problem to determine where the centralized PV farm can be optimally located
• Preliminary design of the PV farm including capacity planning and sizing to meet the estimated power demand at municipal level
• A Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) to evaluate the centralized versus the decentralized option for a selected municipality in Lebanon

An assessment of the reductions of waste and environmental impacts for each alternative

Project Details

• Student(s): Aldo Bassil, Mariella Mansour, Georges Mattar, Nadim Oueis
• Advisor(s): Dr. Pierrette Zouein,Dr. Marc Haddad
• Year: 2022-2023