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Grid-Connected System: Simulation parameters

Project : Coltec
Geographical Site Belo Horizonte Country Brazil
Situation Latitude -19.92° S Longitude -43.94° W
Time defined as Legal Time Time zone UT-3 Altitude 884 m
Albedo 0.20
Meteo data: Belo Horizonte Meteonorm 7.1 - Synthetic

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Simulation variant :

Simulation parameters
New simulation variant
Simulation date
Simulation for the

System type
08/03/19 15h41
10th year of operation

No 3D scene defined
Collector Plane Orientation Tilt 30° Azimuth 0°
Models used Transposition Perez Diffuse Perez, Meteonorm
Horizon Average Height 5.8°
Near Shadings No Shadings

PV Array Characteristics

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PV module Si-poly Model Poly 285 Wp 72 cells
Original PVsyst database Manufacturer Generic
Number of PV modules In series 14 modules In parallel 72 strings
Total number of PV modules Nb. modules 1008 Unit Nom. Power 285 Wp
Array global power Nominal (STC) 287 kWp At operating cond. 257 kWp (50°C)
Array operating characteristics (50°C) U mpp 452 V I mpp 569 A
Total area Module area 1956 m² Cell area 1764 m²

Inverter Model 12 kWac inverter

Original PVsyst database Manufacturer Generic
Characteristics Operating Voltage 350-600 V Unit Nom. Power 12.0 kWac
Max. power (=>25°C) 14.0 kWac
Inverter pack Nb. of inverters 19 units Total Power 228 kWac

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Pnom ratio 1.26

PV Array loss factors

Array Soiling Losses Loss Fraction 3.0 %
Thermal Loss factor Uc (const) 20.0 W/m²K Uv (wind) 0.0 W/m²K / m/s
Wiring Ohmic Loss Global array res. 13 mOhm Loss Fraction 1.5 % at STC
Serie Diode Loss Voltage Drop 0.7 V Loss Fraction 0.1 % at STC
LID - Light Induced Degradation Loss Fraction 2.0 %
Module Quality Loss Loss Fraction -0.8 %
Module Mismatch Losses Loss Fraction 0.0 % at MPP
Strings Mismatch loss Loss Fraction 0.10 %
Module average degradation Year no 10 Loss factor 0.4 %/year
Mismatch due to degradation Imp RMS dispersion 0 %/year Vmp RMS dispersion 0 %/year

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Incidence effect, ASHRAE parametrization IAM = 1 - bo (1/cos i - 1) bo Param. 0.05

User's needs : Unlimited load (grid)

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Grid-Connected System: Horizon definition

Project : Coltec
Simulation variant : New simulation variant
Simulation for the 10th year of operation

Main system parameters System type Grid-Connected

Horizon Average Height 5.8°
PV Field Orientation tilt 30° azimuth 0°
PV modules Model Poly 285 Wp 72 cells Pnom 285 Wp

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PV Array
Inverter
Inverter pack
User's needs

Horizon
Nb. of modules
Model
Nb. of units
Unlimited load (grid)

Average Height
1008
12 kWac inverter
19.0

5.8°
Pnom total
Pnom
Pnom total

Diffuse Factor
287 kWp
12.00 kW ac
228 kW ac

0.95
Albedo Factor 100 % Albedo Fraction 0.57

Height [°] 0.0 6.1 5.8 2.5 8.8 10.1 10.4 9.1 6.5 5.2 4.8 0.0
Azimuth [°] -120 -92 -77 -67 -46 -31 -12 20 35 49 64 120

Horizon line at Genève

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75
7
12h

13h
6
Plane: tilt 30°, azimuth 0°

5
11h

10h
14h
60
3

9h
[[°]]

15h 2
height

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45
Sun

8h
16h

30 1: 22 june
2: 22 may - 23 july
7h
3: 20 apr - 23 aug
17h
4: 20 mar - 23 sep
5: 21 feb - 23 oct
15
6: 19 jan - 22 nov
6h
7: 22 december
Behind Behind
the plane the plane
0
180 150 120 90 60 30 0 -30 -60 -90 -120 -150 -180
Azimuth [[°]]

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Grid-Connected System: Main results

Project : Coltec
Simulation variant : New simulation variant
Simulation for the 10th year of operation

Main system parameters System type Grid-Connected

Horizon Average Height 5.8°
PV Field Orientation tilt 30° azimuth 0°
PV modules Model Poly 285 Wp 72 cells Pnom 285 Wp
PV Array
Inverter

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Inverter pack
User's needs

Main simulation results

System Production
Nb. of modules
Model
Nb. of units
Unlimited load (grid)

Produced Energy 358.3 MWh/year

1008
12 kWac inverter
19.0
Pnom total
Pnom
Pnom total

Specific prod.
287 kWp
12.00 kW ac
228 kW ac

1247 kWh/kWp/year
Performance Ratio PR 75.24 %

Normalized productions (per installed kWp): Nominal power 287 kWp Performance Ratio PR

6 0.8
Lc : Collection Loss (PV-array losses) 1.04 kWh/kWp/day PR : Performance Ratio (Yf / Yr) : 0.752
Ls : System Loss (inverter, ...) 0.08 kWh/kWp/day 0.7
5 Yf : Produced useful energy (inverter output) 3.42 kWh/kWp/day

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[kWh/kWp/day]

0.6
Performance Ratio PR

4
0.5
Energy

3 0.4
Normalized

0.3
2

0.2

1
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

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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 132.4 72.40 22.61 113.7 102.0 24.93 24.28 0.743

February 155.7 76.30 22.87 143.5 129.9 31.31 30.57 0.742
March 125.6 69.10 22.50 126.1 114.6 27.56 26.87 0.741
April 128.1 56.50 21.31 143.6 132.3 31.59 30.82 0.747
May 114.6 56.40 19.33 141.1 129.7 31.83 31.10 0.767
June 111.4 45.40 17.95 148.1 136.9 33.63 32.87 0.773
July 122.8 37.90 17.91 163.1 152.1 36.75 35.90 0.766
August 135.4 52.70 19.56 160.6 148.7 35.68 34.85 0.755
September 140.4 68.10 20.53 146.8 134.0 32.38 31.62 0.750

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October 137.6 77.90 22.63 131.9 119.4 28.92 28.21 0.745
November 143.9 80.30 21.61 125.8 113.2 27.73 27.04 0.748
December 133.9 72.30 22.00 113.4 101.8 24.81 24.16 0.742

Year 1581.8 765.30 20.89 1657.7 1514.8 367.12 358.29 0.752

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 : Coltec
Simulation variant : New simulation variant
Simulation for the 10th year of operation

Main system parameters System type Grid-Connected

Horizon Average Height 5.8°
PV Field Orientation tilt 30° azimuth 0°
PV modules Model Poly 285 Wp 72 cells Pnom 285 Wp

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PV Array
Inverter
Inverter pack
User's needs
Nb. of modules
Model
Nb. of units
Unlimited load (grid)
1008
12 kWac inverter
19.0

Loss diagram over the whole year

Pnom total
Pnom
Pnom total
287 kWp
12.00 kW ac
228 kW ac

1582 kWh/m² Horizontal global irradiation

+4.8% Global incident in coll. plane

-0.1% Global incident below threshold

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-2.9% Far Shadings / Horizon
-2.9% IAM factor on global
-3.0% Soiling loss factor

1515 kWh/m² * 1956 m² coll. Effective irradiance on collectors

efficiency at STC = 14.78% PV conversion

438.0 MWh Array nominal energy (at STC effic.)

-3.8% Module Degradation Loss ( for year #10)
-0.8% PV loss due to irradiance level

-9.9% PV loss due to temperature

+0.7% Module quality loss

-2.0% LID - Light induced degradation

PVsyst TRIAL 367.1 MWh

-0.1%
-1.1%

-2.4%
0.0%
0.0%
Mismatch loss, modules and strings
Ohmic wiring loss
Array virtual energy at MPP

Inverter Loss during operation (efficiency)

Inverter Loss over nominal inv. power
Inverter Loss due to max. input current
0.0% Inverter Loss over nominal inv. voltage
0.0% Inverter Loss due to power threshold
0.0% Inverter Loss due to voltage threshold
358.3 MWh Available Energy at Inverter Output

358.3 MWh Energy injected into grid

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Grid-Connected System: P50 - P90 evaluation

Project : Coltec
Simulation variant : New simulation variant
Simulation for the 10th year of operation

Main system parameters System type Grid-Connected

Horizon Average Height 5.8°
PV Field Orientation tilt 30° azimuth 0°
PV modules Model Poly 285 Wp 72 cells Pnom 285 Wp

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PV Array
Inverter
Inverter pack
User's needs

Evaluation of the Production probability forecast

Nb. of modules
Model
Nb. of units
Unlimited load (grid)
1008
12 kWac inverter
19.0
Pnom total
Pnom
Pnom total
287 kWp
12.00 kW ac
228 kW ac

The probability distribution of the system production forecast for different years is mainly dependent
on the meteo data used for the simulation, and depends on the following choices:
Meteo data source Meteonorm 7.1
Meteo data Kind Not defined Year 1995
Specified Deviation Year deviation from aver. 3%
Year-to-year variability Variance 0.5 %

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The probability distribution variance is also depending on some system parameters uncertainties
Specified Deviation PV module modelling/parameters 1.0 %
Inverter efficiency uncertainty 0.5 %
Soiling and mismatch uncertainties 1.0 %

Global variability (meteo + system)

Degradation uncertainty 1.0 %
Variance 1.9 % (quadratic sum)

Annual production probability Variability 6.7 MWh

P50 358.3 MWh
P90 349.7 MWh
P95 347.3 MWh

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0.45

0.40

0.35
Probability distribution

P50 = 358 MWh

E_Grid simul = 358 MWh

0.30
Probability

0.25

0.20
P90 = 350 MWh
0.15

0.10 P95 = 347 MWh

0.05

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0.00
335 340 345 350 355 360 365 370 375 380
E_Grid system production MWh

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