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Estimation of photovoltaic potential for electricity self-sufficiency: A study case of military facilities in northwest Spain Suárez García, Andrés Arce Fariña, Elena Álvarez Feijoo, Miguel González Peña, David Alonso Tristán, Cristina Diez Mediavilla, Montserrat Renewable energies, including photovoltaic energy, are attracting widespread international attention, in reaction to worsening environmental problems and the diminishing long-term sustainability of fossil fuel energies. In this work, the potential benefits of installing photovoltaic panels on several buildings at the Spanish Naval Military School (Escuela Naval Militar, ENM) of Mar ın are considered. The two salient advantages are significant economic savings from the production and the sale of electricity to the Spanish Electricity Network and achieving selfsufficiency in electricity requirements. Consequently, the main objective of this work is to estimate the energy potential of photovoltaic installations on the roofs of the ENM buildings. This is the first time that a project of this nature and size is presented to the Spanish Navy. To that end, a three-dimensional geographic analysis of the buildings is performed using three freeware software: Trimble SketchUp, Skelion, and Photovoltaic Geographical Information System. An economic study is also conducted to determine the feasibility of the installations, by estimating the Net Present Value of the photovoltaic installation and the Internal Rate of Return associated with the project. Subsequently, a sensitivity analysis that considers the most important parameters for the calculation of the amortization period is reported. The results show that the installation could fulfill the ENM electrical demands and could, in addition, generate significant economic benefits. The conclusions end with a recommendation to consider the merits of the proposed solution. 2017-11-10T10:28:34Z 2017-11-10T10:28:34Z 2017-09 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1941-7012 http://hdl.handle.net/10259/4668 10.1063/1.4995687 eng Journal of renewable and sustainable energy. 2017, V. 9, n. 5, 053503 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4995687 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/JCyL/BU034U16 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/ENE-2014-54601-R info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess AIP Publishing