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A research group at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar has assessed the techno-economic performance of various pole-mounted photovoltaic setups, seeking to determine which designs work best for off-grid use in hot, arid locations where maintenance access is scarce, pv magazine reported. The systems examined involve solar modules fixed to or incorporated into poles to supply off-grid equipment including streetlights, cameras, sensors and telecommunications devices.
Khaled Aamar, the corresponding author, told the publication that pole-mounted solar systems have usually been picked on one measure alone, cost per watt, and that twelve months of field measurements demonstrate why engineers should also factor in maintenance access, shading and wind loads. He called the framework the first for choosing off-grid, pole-mounted PV configurations on the basis of a full year of experimental measurements.
According to Aamar, the researchers created indices to quantify the extra design requirements linked to various constraints, along with a six-criterion framework to assist engineers in selecting the most appropriate configuration for a given site. He said the next step involves taking the results from the test bench to the street, and noted that Sunray Solutions, where he serves as chairman, is seeking partners for pilot deployments of pole-integrated systems.
Five PV configurations were monitored at the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute outdoor test facility in Doha from August 2025 to August 2026. They comprised U-IBC and bifacial modules mounted at a 22-degree tilt or vertically, as well as an octagonal vertical PV tube. Electrical output and environmental conditions were logged at one-minute intervals, and 311 days of data were kept after screening.
Drawing on low-irradiance data, the team sized PV arrays to satisfy a daily load of 1 kWh, evaluated installation footprints and estimated battery storage requirements using three reference days. Energy losses and cleaning needs were estimated through soiling measurements and geometric factors, while analytical models were applied to assess shading and wind-related structural requirements.
Penalties associated with different constraints were calculated, and the configurations were ranked against six criteria: installed capacity, footprint, storage, maintenance, shading resilience and structural compactness. Sensitivity analyses explored how criterion weighting, temperature and costs affect outcomes.
Aamar said geometry significantly influences how much dust matters. With modules never cleaned, tilted panels require 16.04% more PV capacity as compensation, versus only 0.70% for the vertical photovoltaic tube, a difference of 23 times. He added that shading was an even bigger constraint in Doha’s conditions, with the model forecasting that every planar configuration ceases production beyond 67% shading while the tube continues to operate.
No single option wins outright, Aamar said. Tilted bifacial modules require the least installed capacity where a site has no constraints, but once maintenance access, shading, space or structural limits come into play, the tube carries the lowest combined penalty, despite a baseline capacity requirement roughly 2.7 times greater.
The results are detailed in the study Techno-Economic Analysis of Off-Grid Pole-Mounted Photovoltaic Configurations for Accessible and Inaccessible Sites in Arid Climates, published in Solar Energy.
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