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Grid-Connected System: Simulation parameters

Project : Supreme Audit Office Solar Rooftop
Geographical Site Pul-e-tasadi Country Afghanistan
Situation Latitude 36.73° N Longitude 67.18° E
Time defined as Legal Time Time zone UT+4.5 Altitude 348 m
Albedo 0.20
Meteo data: pul-e-tasadi NREL NSRDB Typ. Met. Year Suny_2000 to 2014 - TMY

Simulation variant : New simulation variant

Simulation date 22/07/19 08h30
Simulation for the 15th year of operation

Simulation parameters System type Sheds, single array

Collector Plane Orientation Tilt 34° Azimuth 0°
Models used Transposition Perez Diffuse Imported
Horizon Free Horizon
Near Shadings No Shadings
User's needs : Unlimited load (grid)

PV Array Characteristics
PV module Si-poly Model TSM-320-PD14.00C Maxim
Original PVsyst database Manufacturer Trina Solar
Maxim integrated optimizers Model VT8024 Unit Nom. Power 3 x 110 W
Number of PV modules In series 19 modules In parallel 17 strings
Total number of PV modules Nb. modules 323 Unit Nom. Power 320 Wp
Array global power Nominal (STC) 103 kWp At operating cond. 92.8 kWp (50°C)
Array operating characteristics (50°C) U mpp 611 V I mpp 152 A
Total area Module area 627 m² Cell area 566 m²

Inverter Model Sunny Tripower 25000TL-30

Original PVsyst database Manufacturer SMA
Characteristics Operating Voltage 390-800 V Unit Nom. Power 25.0 kWac
Inverter pack Nb. of inverters 8 * MPPT 50 % Total Power 100 kWac
Pnom ratio 1.03

PV Array loss factors

Thermal Loss factor Uc (const) 20.0 W/m²K Uv (wind) 0.0 W/m²K / m/s
Wiring Ohmic Loss Global array res. 66 mOhm Loss Fraction 1.5 % at STC
Serie Diode Loss Voltage Drop 0.7 V Loss Fraction 0.1 % at STC
Module Quality Loss Loss Fraction -0.8 %
Module Mismatch Losses Loss Fraction 0.0 % at MPP
Module average degradation Year no 15 Loss factor 0.4 %/year
Mismatch due to degradation Imp RMS dispersion 0.4 %/year Vmp RMS dispersion 0.4 %/year
Incidence effect, ASHRAE parametrization IAM = 1 - bo (1/cos i - 1) bo Param. 0.05

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Grid-Connected System: Main results

Project : Supreme Audit Office Solar Rooftop
Simulation variant : New simulation variant
Simulation for the 15th year of operation

Main system parameters System type Sheds, single array

PV Field Orientation tilt 34° azimuth 0°
PV modules Model TSM-320-PD14.00C Maxim Pnom 320 Wp
PV Array Nb. of modules 323 Pnom total 103 kWp
Inverter Model Sunny Tripower 25000TL-30 25.00 kW ac
Inverter pack Nb. of units 4.0 Pnom total 100 kW ac
User's needs Unlimited load (grid)

Main simulation results

System Production Produced Energy 162.2 MWh/year Specific prod. 1569 kWh/kWp/year
Performance Ratio PR 76.34 %

Normalized productions (per installed kWp): Nominal power 103 kWp Performance Ratio PR

10 1.0
Lc : Collection Loss (PV-array losses) 1.24 kWh/kWp/day PR : Performance Ratio (Yf / Yr) : 0.763
0.9
Ls : System Loss (inverter, ...) 0.09 kWh/kWp/day
Yf : Produced useful energy (inverter output) 4.3 kWh/kWp/day
8 0.8
[kWh/kWp/day]

0.7
Performance Ratio PR

6 0.6
Energy

0.5

4 0.4
Normalized

0.3

2 0.2

0.1

0 0.0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

New simulation variant

Balances and main results

GlobHor DiffHor T_Amb GlobInc GlobEff EArray E_Grid PR

kWh/m² kWh/m² °C kWh/m² kWh/m² MWh MWh

January 66.8 39.89 5.76 94.7 92.3 8.42 8.25 0.843

February 83.6 47.71 7.69 108.4 105.6 9.43 9.24 0.825
March 133.8 68.29 13.80 157.8 154.0 13.12 12.85 0.788
April 175.6 86.01 20.60 185.5 180.7 14.93 14.63 0.763
May 217.6 85.39 24.64 212.2 206.4 16.77 16.43 0.749
June 238.0 81.61 29.79 220.6 214.2 16.92 16.57 0.727
July 244.6 77.07 30.63 231.7 225.1 17.68 17.31 0.723
August 223.6 68.83 29.64 232.1 226.1 17.70 17.34 0.723
September 181.4 61.02 25.91 214.7 209.8 16.68 16.34 0.737
October 136.5 54.64 17.90 183.7 179.7 15.05 14.75 0.777
November 84.8 41.36 10.57 126.2 123.2 10.89 10.68 0.819
December 61.1 39.07 4.44 87.9 85.6 7.94 7.78 0.857

Year 1847.5 750.89 18.50 2055.5 2002.6 165.54 162.18 0.763

Legends: GlobHor Horizontal global irradiation GlobEff Effective Global, corr. for IAM and shadings
DiffHor Horizontal diffuse irradiation EArray Effective energy at the output of the array
T_Amb Ambient Temperature E_Grid Energy injected into grid
GlobInc Global incident in coll. plane PR Performance Ratio

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Grid-Connected System: Loss diagram

Project : Supreme Audit Office Solar Rooftop
Simulation variant : New simulation variant
Simulation for the 15th year of operation

Main system parameters System type Sheds, single array

PV Field Orientation tilt 34° azimuth 0°
PV modules Model TSM-320-PD14.00C Maxim Pnom 320 Wp
PV Array Nb. of modules 323 Pnom total 103 kWp
Inverter Model Sunny Tripower 25000TL-30 25.00 kW ac
Inverter pack Nb. of units 4.0 Pnom total 100 kW ac
User's needs Unlimited load (grid)

Loss diagram over the whole year

1847 kWh/m² Horizontal global irradiation

+11.3% Global incident in coll. plane

-2.55% IAM factor on global

2003 kWh/m² * 627 m² coll. Effective irradiation on collectors

efficiency at STC = 16.49% PV conversion

206.9 MWh Array nominal energy (at STC effic.)

-5.80% Module Degradation Loss ( for year #15)
-0.43% PV loss due to irradiance level

-12.07% PV loss due to temperature

0.00% Optimizer efficiency loss

Maxim: effic. included in the STC of the module
+0.75% Module quality loss

-2.36% Module array mismatch loss

(including 2.4% for degradation dispersion
-1.28% Ohmic wiring loss
165.7 MWh Array virtual energy at MPP

-2.02% Inverter Loss during operation (efficiency)

-0.12% Inverter Loss over nominal inv. power
0.00% Inverter Loss due to max. input current
0.00% Inverter Loss over nominal inv. voltage
0.00% Inverter Loss due to power threshold
0.00% Inverter Loss due to voltage threshold
162.2 MWh Available Energy at Inverter Output
162.2 MWh Energy injected into grid

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Grid-Connected System: CO2 Balance

Project : Supreme Audit Office Solar Rooftop
Simulation variant : New simulation variant
Simulation for the 15th year of operation

Main system parameters System type Sheds, single array

PV Field Orientation tilt 34° azimuth 0°
PV modules Model TSM-320-PD14.00C Maxim Pnom 320 Wp
PV Array Nb. of modules 323 Pnom total 103 kWp
Inverter Model Sunny Tripower 25000TL-30 25.00 kW ac
Inverter pack Nb. of units 4.0 Pnom total 100 kW ac
User's needs Unlimited load (grid)

Produced Emissions Total: 38637.66 tCO2

Source: Detailed calculation from table below
Replaced Emissions Total: 1443.4 tCO2
System production: 162.18 MWh/yr Lifetime: 20 years
Annual Degradation: 1.0 %
Grid Lifecycle Emissions: 445 gCO2/kWh
Source: IEA List Country: Pakistan
CO2 Emission Balance Total: -37323.5 tCO2

System Lifecycle Emissions Details:

Item Modules Supports
LCE 1659 kgCO2/kWp 4.40 kgCO2/kg
Quantity 21504 kWp 672000 kg
Subtotal [kgCO2] 35679383 2958278

Saved CO2 Emission vs. Time

-37200
-37400
-37600
[tCO2]

-37800
-38000
Balance

-38200
-38400
-38600
-38800
0 5 10 15 20
Year

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