Análisis beneficio-costo de la implementación de un sistema de energía solar fotovoltaica en el campus Aguas Claras de la Universidad Santo Tomás sede Villavicencio, Meta.

Abstract

The studies on the photovoltaic energy postulate like a valid alternative from the social, economic and environmental point of view to reach a sustainable development, in the not interconnected regions without leaving of side the connected ones; In addition, it is a great opportunity to diversify the sources of generation. This added to the legal scenario of Law 1715 of 2014 and placing Colombia in a potential generator of energy, given the conditions of its geographical location and natural environment favor that in the future the energy consumed be of renewable origin (Celemin Cuellar, 2016); however, there are limitations to its study and implementation, so it is considered that one of the main factors that explains this situation is the fact that investment decisions are based on criteria such as market prices, as in effect it is argued which are expensive and the environmental and social benefits derived from the use of solar energy are unknown. In addition, the study area was the Aguas Claras Campus because with respect to the Campus Loma Linda it presents a series of disadvantages for the efficiency of the solar modules, that is, it has a dense vegetation cover, the space available for the location of the panels is reduced and the infrastructure of the salons (roof) no stable child for the assembly of the same. In addition, there is a judicial failure that forces the university to dismantle its facilities, as it is a reserve area. Therefore, the Aguas Claras Campus was chosen, which has advantages such as the largest area available for implementation, location of the panels, and also the main headquarters. In the results a projection of the time of return of the investment was built, considering the socioeconomic and environmental benefits, applying the benefit / cost analysis. For this, the technical and economic information of the components of the isolated and interconnected solar photovoltaic system types was studied, evidencing in each the financial benefits of the implementation of the system. In addition, through the environmental impact matrix EPM, the environmental benefits generated by this energy class were evaluated and the study is intended to be a useful tool for making decisions related to the start-up of energy. solar at the Santo Tomás University, because it is a reduction in the costs of electricity consumption, the optimization of environmental management strategies and coherence with their mission objectives.