Phasha, TCAderemi, BAChowdhury, SPOlwal, TOAbu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI2019-01-162019-01-162018-06Phasha, T.C. et al. 2018. Design strategies of an off-grid solar PV plant for office buildings: A case study of Johannesburg. The IEEE PES-IAS PowerAfrica Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 26-29 June 2018978-1-5386-4163-7978-1-5386-4162-0978-1-5386-4164-4https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8521035DOI: 10.1109/PowerAfrica.2018.8521035http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10608Copyright: 2018 IEEE. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file contains the accepted version of the published paper. For access to the published item, please consult the publisher's website.Renewable energy systems based on solar resources are steering the way in grid-connected applications to meet present energy demands. This research work tends to investigate the design and feasibility of RE systems using solar resources to sustain a load in the Office Park building, at Constantia Kloof Roodepoort, Johannesburg, South Africa. This is following the provincial mandate to offset the energy usage of government buildings, including those belonging to the City of Johannesburg, by the installation of renewable energy sources in South Africa. The Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) on the design revealed that the fully solar RE system was the most economically possible. This was in comparison with the annual equivalent projected City Power electricity bill for the load profile.enSolar PVRenewable energyDesign strategiesConference PresentationPhasha, T., Aderemi, B., Chowdhury, S., Olwal, T., & Abu-Mahfouz, A. M. (2018). Design strategies of an off-grid solar PV plant for office buildings: A case study of Johannesburg. IEEE. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10608Phasha, TC, BA Aderemi, SP Chowdhury, TO Olwal, and Adnan MI Abu-Mahfouz. "Design strategies of an off-grid solar PV plant for office buildings: A case study of Johannesburg." (2018): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10608Phasha T, Aderemi B, Chowdhury S, Olwal T, Abu-Mahfouz AM, Design strategies of an off-grid solar PV plant for office buildings: A case study of Johannesburg; IEEE; 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10608 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Phasha, TC AU - Aderemi, BA AU - Chowdhury, SP AU - Olwal, TO AU - Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI AB - Renewable energy systems based on solar resources are steering the way in grid-connected applications to meet present energy demands. This research work tends to investigate the design and feasibility of RE systems using solar resources to sustain a load in the Office Park building, at Constantia Kloof Roodepoort, Johannesburg, South Africa. This is following the provincial mandate to offset the energy usage of government buildings, including those belonging to the City of Johannesburg, by the installation of renewable energy sources in South Africa. The Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) on the design revealed that the fully solar RE system was the most economically possible. This was in comparison with the annual equivalent projected City Power electricity bill for the load profile. DA - 2018-06 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Solar PV KW - Renewable energy KW - Design strategies LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2018 SM - 978-1-5386-4163-7 SM - 978-1-5386-4162-0 SM - 978-1-5386-4164-4 T1 - Design strategies of an off-grid solar PV plant for office buildings: A case study of Johannesburg TI - Design strategies of an off-grid solar PV plant for office buildings: A case study of Johannesburg UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10608 ER -