DEMAND/SUPPLY MATCHING

6. CONCLUSION

The system is not particularly viable in Scotland because the energy produced during the transition seasons and wintertime is insufficient. A substantial quantity of energy has to be generated and stored during summer time by increasing the number of PV panels. This is due to the period when excess hydrogen can be generated being insufficient.

In Phoenix the system is more suitable as the energy demand for air conditioning is met by the PV system when it is predominately required in the summer months. 

The system is most appropriately suited to Catania, as Catania does not have extremes of heating of cooling requirements unlike the other two climatic conditions reviewed in our study. The climate conditions in Catania require a lower air conditioning demand than the desert climate as the cooling requirements are met by secondary methods.