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Grid-Connected System: Simulation parameters

Project :
Geographical Site Situation Time defined as

10.4 MWp Solar Project

Modia Mansar Latitude Legal Time Albedo 28.0N Time zone UT+6 0.20 Country Longitude Altitude India 73.1E 216 m

Meteo data : Simulation variant :

Modia Mansar, Meteonorm SYN File New simulation variant

Simulation date 14/01/14 01h55

Simulation parameters Collector Plane Orientation Horizon Near Shadings PV Array Characteristics Si-poly Model Manufacturer Number of PV modules In series Total number of PV modules Nb. modules Array global power Nominal (STC) Array operating characteristics (50C) U mpp Total area Module area PV module Inverter Characteristics Inverter pack Model Manufacturer Operating Voltage Number of Inverter CS6X - 300P Canadian Solar Inc. 20 modules In parallel 34660 Unit Nom. Power At operating cond. 10398 kWp 636 V I mpp Cell area 66507 m RPS 1110 Master-Slave Bonfiglioli Vectron 460-875 V Unit Nom. Power 9 units Total Power Tilt Free Horizon No Shadings 27 Azimuth 0

1733 strings 300 Wp 9235 kWp (50C) 14522 A 60741 m

1000 kW AC 9000 kW AC

PV Array loss factors Thermal Loss factor Uc (const) 29.0 W/mK => Nominal Oper. Coll. Temp. (G=800 W/m, Tamb=20C, Wind=1 m/s.) Wiring Ohmic Loss Global array res. 0.60 mOhm Array Soiling Losses Module Quality Loss Module Mismatch Losses Incidence effect, ASHRAE parametrization System loss factors External transformer

Uv (wind) NOCT Loss Fraction Loss Fraction Loss Fraction Loss Fraction bo Parameter

0.0 W/mK / m/s 45 C 1.2 % at STC 1.5 % 1.0 % 1.0 % at MPP 0.05

IAM =

1 - bo (1/cos i - 1)

Iron loss (24H connection) Resistive/Inductive losses

10136 W 0.1 mOhm

Loss Fraction Loss Fraction

0.1 % at STC 1.0 % at STC

Users needs :

Unlimited load (grid)

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Grid-Connected System: Main results

Project : Simulation variant :
Main system parameters PV Field Orientation PV modules PV Array Inverter Inverter pack Users needs Main simulation results System Production

10.4 MWp Solar Project New simulation variant

System type tilt Model Nb. of modules Model Nb. of units Unlimited load (grid) Produced Energy Performance Ratio PR Grid-Connected 27 azimuth CS6X - 300P Pnom 34660 Pnom total RPS 1110 Master-Slave Pnom 9.0 Pnom total 0 300 Wp 10398 kWp 1000 kW ac 9000 kW ac

17674918 kWh/yearSpecific prod. 80.1 %

1700 kWh/kWp/year

Normalized productions (per installed kWp): Nominal power 10398 kWp

7 Lc : Collection Loss (PV-array losses) 1.01 kWh/kWp/day Ls : System Loss (inverter, ...) 0.15 kWh/kWp/day Yf : Produced useful energy (inverter output) 4.66 kWh/kWp/day 0.8
Normalized Energy [kWh/kWp/day]

Performance Ratio PR
1.0 PR : Performance Ratio (Yf / Yr) : 0.801

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New simulation variant Balances and main results

GlobHor kWh/m January February March April May June July August September October November December Year Legends: GlobHor T Amb GlobInc GlobEff 124.1 131.9 176.7 185.5 202.9 190.8 173.9 170.9 171.2 152.7 125.8 116.4 1922.8 T Amb C 14.68 17.44 23.73 29.14 34.13 35.16 33.24 31.81 30.51 27.58 20.49 15.66 26.17 GlobInc kWh/m 177.6 166.9 198.5 184.7 186.7 171.6 159.3 164.6 183.6 184.2 172.4 173.4 2123.3 GlobEff kWh/m 173.3 162.8 193.0 178.9 180.2 165.5 153.3 158.7 178.4 179.1 168.1 169.3 2060.4 EArray kWh 1614635 1495857 1713657 1551652 1538116 1419100 1333147 1381653 1541164 1570969 1523102 1568171 18251223 EArray E_Grid EffArrR EffSysR E_Grid kWh 1561660 1447443 1659206 1503458 1491497 1376527 1291530 1338303 1493664 1522145 1473488 1515997 17674918 EffArrR % 13.67 13.48 12.98 12.63 12.39 12.44 12.59 12.62 12.62 12.82 13.29 13.59 12.92 EffSysR % 13.22 13.04 12.57 12.24 12.01 12.06 12.19 12.23 12.23 12.43 12.85 13.14 12.52

Horizontal global irradiation Ambient Temperature Global incident in coll. plane Effective Global, corr. for IAM and shadings

Effective energy at the output of the array Energy injected into grid Effic. Eout array / rough area Effic. Eout system / rough area

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Grid-Connected System: Loss diagram

Project : Simulation variant :
Main system parameters PV Field Orientation PV modules PV Array Inverter Inverter pack Users needs

10.4 MWp Solar Project New simulation variant

System type tilt Model Nb. of modules Model Nb. of units Unlimited load (grid) Grid-Connected 27 azimuth CS6X - 300P Pnom 34660 Pnom total RPS 1110 Master-Slave Pnom 9.0 Pnom total 0 300 Wp 10398 kWp 1000 kW ac 9000 kW ac

Loss diagram over the whole year

1923 kWh/m

Horizontal global irradiation +10.4% Global incident in coll. plane -3.0% IAM factor on global Effective irradiance on collectors PV conversion Array nominal energy (at STC effic.) PV loss due to irradiance level

2060 kWh/m * 66507 m coll. efficiency at STC = 15.62% 21398078 kWh -0.0%

-10.0% PV loss due to temperature -1.5% -1.0% -2.0% -0.9% 18251223 kWh -2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 17863442 kWh -1.1% 17674918 kWh Array Soiling loss Module quality loss Module array mismatch loss Ohmic wiring loss Array virtual energy at MPP Inverter Loss during operation (efficiency) Inverter Loss over nominal inv. power Inverter Loss due to power threshold Inverter Loss over nominal inv. voltage Inverter Loss due to voltage threshold Available Energy at Inverter Output External transfo loss Energy injected into grid