全球暖化作為氣候變遷的一種表現，正在加速發生，因此人類需要採取緊急行動來限制氣溫的上升。而減少溫室氣體的排放便是受到關注的首要目標之一。其也正成為世界各國在社會與經濟發展上的里程碑。在經濟發展中，生產與商業活動所產生的排放應該在所有產業中被辨認出並使其最小化，旅遊產業亦不例外，其中的代表便是遊樂園。遊樂園是一種源於1950年的旅遊景點，其提供一些現代刺激的遊樂設施、集市、節慶和令人眼花繚亂的裝飾。由於遊客人數和電力消耗，在近期遊樂園比起其他旅遊類別（例如博物館、綠色公園和動物園）會產生更高的排放量。因此，本論文期望透過在遊樂設施上整合太陽能系統，使用可再生能源（RE）供電，以解決遊樂園內的電力消耗問題，並由此解決世上許多遊樂園使用化石燃料為遊樂設施提供動力因而顯著增加碳排放的問題。本文提出了一個線性規劃（LP）模型，用以評估最具成本效益的再生能源系統，同時解決特定的限制，例如面積、電池儲能系（BESS）和太陽能的不連續性，以達到經濟與環境的平衡。本研究亦考慮了不同溫室氣體的成本，以瞭解其對於總成本和太陽能系統規模調整趨勢的影響。模型結果展示了太陽能在遊樂園中能如何降低碳排放，在單個遊樂設施上，利用太陽能滿足約45%的電力消耗可以防止75噸的二氧化碳當量釋放到環境中。這可謂在遊樂園中利用太陽能系統優勢的第一步。在未來的研究中可以於系統中加入考慮一些許多國家皆專注實施的其他特徵，例如教育、可再生能源回購電價和排放交易體系。

As a manifestation of climate change, global warming is accelerating rapidly, which calls for humans to take urgent action to limit temperature rises. Reducing greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions is one of the first targets which is receiving attention. It is becoming a milestone for social and economic development in nations worldwide. In economic development, emissions from production and business activities need to be recognized and minimized in all sectors. The tourism industry is not an exception, in which the amusement park is a representation. An amusement park is a tourist attraction that began in 1950 and offered some modern thrill rides, additional fairs, festivals, and dazzling decorations. Amusement parks recently emit more emissions than other tourism categories (e.g., museums, green parks, and zoos) due to visitor arrivals and electricity consumption. The purpose of this dissertation is to address electrical consumption within an amusement park by integrating a solar energy system on a ride for the use of renewable energy (RE) sources to supply electricity. The goal is to solve the problem of fossil fuel electricity being used to power rides in many of the world's amusement parks, contributing significantly to carbon emissions. A Linear Programming (LP) model is developed to evaluate the best RE system cost-efficient while addressing certain constraints such as area, battery energy storage sys-tem (BESS), and discontinuity of solar energy toward the balance of economy and environment. Different (GHG) costs are considered to see the impact on total costs and the trend of sizing solar systems. Results from the model indicated how solar power could reduce CO2 emissions in an amusement park. On a single ride, implementing approximately 45% solar power for consumption would prevent the release of 75 tCO2eq into the environment. This represents the first step towards taking advantage of the benefits of a solar system at an amusement park. The future work can take into account other features of the integrated solar system for amusement parks, such as education, Feed-In Tariffs, and Emissions Trading Systems, which many nations are focused on implementing.

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