Challenges of Sustainable Solar Power Generation in Small Tropical Island Nations Such as Fiji Island

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Sahay, Andreas, Helwig, Akshay J, Abunada, Ziyad and Das, Narottam. 2023. "Challenges of Sustainable Solar Power Generation in Small Tropical Island Nations Such as Fiji Island ." 33rd Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC 2023). Ballarat, Australia 25 - 27 Sep 2023 Australia. https://doi.org/10.1109/AUPEC59354.2023.10502478

Paper/Presentation Title	Challenges of Sustainable Solar Power Generation in Small Tropical Island Nations Such as Fiji Island
Presentation Type	Paper
Authors	Sahay, Andreas, Helwig, Akshay J, Abunada, Ziyad and Das, Narottam
Journal or Proceedings Title	Proceedings of the 33rd Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC 2023)
Number of Pages	4
Year	2023
Place of Publication	Australia
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1109/AUPEC59354.2023.10502478
Web Address (URL) of Paper	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10502478
Web Address (URL) of Conference Proceedings	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/10502395/proceeding
Conference/Event	33rd Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC 2023)
Event Details	33rd Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC 2023) Parent Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference Delivery In person Event Date 25 to end of 27 Sep 2023 Event Location Ballarat, Australia
Abstract	Small Tropical Island Nations such as Fiji Islands are under constant pressure to find effective, renewable, and sustainable means of generating energy. This paper is an investigation into quantifying challenges in designing sustainable PV systems for reliable and resilient energy supplies for isolated and vulnerable island communities’ long term. Conclusions include an overview of challenges faced by small communities to establish sustainable solar power generation solutions.
Keywords	Solar Power Generation Systems, PV Systems, Tropical Island Nations, Isolated and vulnerable communities, Sustainable PV Systems, Long term sustainable energy solutions
Contains Sensitive Content	Does not contain sensitive content
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	400803. Electrical energy generation (incl. renewables, excl. photovoltaics)
Public Notes	The accessible file is the accepted version of the paper. Please refer to the URL for the published version.
Byline Affiliations	Central Queensland University
	School of Engineering

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