Feasibility Study for the Use of an Autonomous Solar Photovoltaic Water-Lifting Installation in the Karakum Desert

Abstract

One of the urgent problems of Turkmenistan is the development of the Karakum desert, which occupies 80% of the entire territory of the country. For the development of this territory, scientists are faced with the problem of energy and water supply. The priority direction of energy supply is the use of renewable energy sources (RES), and for water supply-the use of groundwater resources. The article considers the energy resources of solar energy for lifting water from various depths with the help of solar photovoltaic water-lifting installations (SFWL). The paper evaluates the technical and economic characteristics of SFWL, capital investments, investment costs, and energy efficiency of operating parameters when used in transhumance in the Karakum Desert. The results of the study will be useful in the preparation of a feasibility study (FS) for the introduction of autonomous SFWLs for the development of transhumance in the desert zone of Karakum.