DEVELOPMENT OF OPTIMUM SOLAR ELECTRICITY GENERATING SYSTEM

The energy consumption in Malaysia has increased sharply in the process of achieving the goal of being a self-sufficient industrialized nation by year 2020. In order to meet this goal, Malaysia has been depending on large volume of the oil and gas found since 1970s. However, the emerging problem such as the oil and gas depletion and greenhouse gases effect has forced Malaysia and other countries all over the world in looking forward to implement renewable and sustainable energy resources to survive in the future.
Solar Electricity Generating System (SEGS) is one of the renewable energy resources that have a great opportunity to be widely implemented in Malaysia. Located at the equator, Malaysia received abundant of sunlight every year. However, SEGS in Malaysia is still in the initial state which needs more research and development to encounter the problem of inefficiency of the output power produced. The concept of optimization need to be further studied to make SEGS more reliable and sustainable.