Version 7.3.
PVsyst - Simulation report
Grid-Connected System
Project: ON Grid Solar Power Plannt
Variant: New simulation variant
Trackers single array
System power: 508 kWp
Solar Power Plant Pavermenys - Lithuania
Author
Project: ON Grid Solar Power Plannt
Variant: New simulation variant
PVsyst V7.3.1
VC0, Simulation date:
01/07/23 22:24
with v7.3.1
Project summary
Geographical Site Situation Project settings
Solar Power Plant Pavermenys Latitude 55.41 °N Albedo 0.20
Lithuania Longitude 24.23 °E
Altitude 56 m
Time zone UTC+2
Meteo data
Solar power plant (620 kW) Pavermenys, Kedainiai
Meteonorm 8.1 (2007-2017), Sat=100% - Synthetic
System summary
Grid-Connected System Trackers single array
Simulation for year no 1
PV Field Orientation Near Shadings
Orientation Tracking algorithm Linear shadings
Tracking plane, horizontal N-S axis Irradiance optimization
Axis azimuth 0°
System information
PV Array Inverters
Nb. of modules 924 units Nb. of units 4 units
Pnom total 508 kWp Pnom total 500 kWac
Grid power limit 420 kWac
Grid lim. Pnom ratio 1.210
User's needs
Unlimited load (grid)
Results summary
Produced Energy 633987 kWh/year Specific production 1248 kWh/kWp/year Perf. Ratio PR 85.16 %
Table of contents
Project and results summary 2
General parameters, PV Array Characteristics, System losses 3
Near shading definition - Iso-shadings diagram 5
Main results 6
Loss diagram 7
Predef. graphs 8
Aging Tool 9
P50 - P90 evaluation 11
Single-line diagram 12
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Project: ON Grid Solar Power Plannt
Variant: New simulation variant
PVsyst V7.3.1
VC0, Simulation date:
01/07/23 22:24
with v7.3.1
General parameters
Grid-Connected System Trackers single array
PV Field Orientation
Orientation Tracking algorithm Trackers configuration
Tracking plane, horizontal N-S axis Irradiance optimization Nb. of trackers 10 units
Axis azimuth 0° Single array
Sizes
Tracker Spacing 15.0 m
Collector width 4.79 m
Ground Cov. Ratio (GCR) 31.9 %
Phi min / max. -/+ 60.0 °
Shading limit angles
Phi limits for BT -/+ 71.3 °
Models used
Transposition Perez
Diffuse Perez, Meteonorm
Circumsolar separate
Horizon Near Shadings User's needs
Free Horizon Linear shadings Unlimited load (grid)
Grid power limitation
Active Power 420 kWac
Pnom ratio 1.210
PV Array Characteristics
PV module Inverter
Manufacturer Trina Solar Manufacturer Sungrow
Model TSM-550DE19M(II) Model SG125CX-P2
(Custom parameters definition) (Custom parameters definition)
Unit Nom. Power 550 Wp Unit Nom. Power 125 kWac
Number of PV modules 924 units Number of inverters 4 units
Nominal (STC) 508 kWp Total power 500 kWac
Modules 44 Strings x 21 In series Operating voltage 180-1000 V
At operating cond. (50°C) Pnom ratio (DC:AC) 1.02
Pmpp 466 kWp Power sharing within this inverter
U mpp 599 V
I mpp 779 A
Total PV power Total inverter power
Nominal (STC) 508 kWp Total power 500 kWac
Total 924 modules Number of inverters 4 units
Module area 2414 m² Pnom ratio 1.02
Cell area 2241 m²
Array losses
Array Soiling Losses Thermal Loss factor DC wiring losses
Loss Fraction 2.0 % Module temperature according to irradiance Global array res. 13 mΩ
Uc (const) 29.0 W/m²K Loss Fraction 1.5 % at STC
Uv (wind) 0.0 W/m²K/m/s
LID - Light Induced Degradation Module Quality Loss Module mismatch losses
Loss Fraction 1.5 % Loss Fraction 0.0 % Loss Fraction 1.0 % at MPP
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Project: ON Grid Solar Power Plannt
Variant: New simulation variant
PVsyst V7.3.1
VC0, Simulation date:
01/07/23 22:24
with v7.3.1
Array losses
Strings Mismatch loss Module average degradation
Loss Fraction 0.1 % Year no 1
Loss factor 0.4 %/year
Mismatch due to degradation
Imp RMS dispersion 0.4 %/year
Vmp RMS dispersion 0.4 %/year
IAM loss factor
Incidence effect (IAM): User defined profile
0° 40° 50° 60° 70° 75° 80° 85° 90°
1.000 1.000 0.998 0.992 0.983 0.961 0.933 0.853 0.000
System losses
Unavailability of the system
Time fraction 0.5 %
1.8 days,
3 periods
AC wiring losses
Inv. output line up to MV transfo
Inverter voltage 400 Vac tri
Loss Fraction 0.84 % at STC
Inverter: SG125CX-P2
Wire section (4 Inv.) Alu 4 x 3 x 150 mm²
Average wires length 51 m
MV line up to Injection
MV Voltage 0.4 kV
Wires Copper 3 x 700 mm²
Length 18 m
Loss Fraction 0.15 % at STC
AC losses in transformers
MV transfo
Medium voltage 0.4 kV
Transformer parameters
Nominal power at STC 501 kVA
Iron Loss (24/24 Connexion) 0.68 kVA
Iron loss fraction 0.14 % at STC
Copper loss 3.72 kVA
Copper loss fraction 0.74 % at STC
Coils equivalent resistance 3 x 2.37 mΩ
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Project: ON Grid Solar Power Plannt
Variant: New simulation variant
PVsyst V7.3.1
VC0, Simulation date:
01/07/23 22:24
with v7.3.1
Near shadings parameter
Perspective of the PV-field and surrounding shading scene
Iso-shadings diagram
Orientation #1
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Project: ON Grid Solar Power Plannt
Variant: New simulation variant
PVsyst V7.3.1
VC0, Simulation date:
01/07/23 22:24
with v7.3.1
Main results
System Production
Produced Energy 633987 kWh/year Specific production 1248 kWh/kWp/year
Performance Ratio PR 85.16 %
Normalized productions (per installed kWp) Performance Ratio PR
Balances and main results
GlobHor DiffHor T_Amb GlobInc GlobEff EArray E_Grid PR
kWh/m² kWh/m² °C kWh/m² kWh/m² kWh kWh ratio
January 14.8 10.13 -3.52 22.6 20.0 10453 9636 0.838
February 30.8 18.41 -2.83 44.4 40.3 21062 20057 0.889
March 78.0 38.74 1.32 120.6 108.2 55105 53196 0.868
April 115.9 58.26 7.75 164.4 151.8 75277 71881 0.860
May 162.8 75.49 13.52 234.1 217.6 104844 101654 0.854
June 166.8 86.84 16.22 231.1 216.7 103505 100407 0.855
July 165.4 85.59 19.09 226.9 212.9 100612 97580 0.846
August 133.7 67.06 17.97 188.7 175.0 83350 79715 0.831
September 87.8 42.32 12.78 131.0 119.0 58112 56174 0.844
October 45.3 28.09 7.28 62.2 57.0 28673 27452 0.868
November 16.5 11.33 3.17 24.1 21.6 11022 10223 0.833
December 9.6 6.54 -0.45 14.7 13.0 6745 6012 0.805
Year 1027.4 528.79 7.75 1464.9 1353.2 658759 633987 0.852
Legends
GlobHor Global horizontal irradiation EArray Effective energy at the output of the array
DiffHor Horizontal diffuse irradiation E_Grid Energy injected into grid
T_Amb Ambient Temperature PR Performance Ratio
GlobInc Global incident in coll. plane
GlobEff Effective Global, corr. for IAM and shadings
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Project: ON Grid Solar Power Plannt
Variant: New simulation variant
PVsyst V7.3.1
VC0, Simulation date:
01/07/23 22:24
with v7.3.1
Loss diagram
1027 kWh/m² Global horizontal irradiation
+42.6% Global incident in coll. plane
-5.44% Near Shadings: irradiance loss
-0.31% IAM factor on global
-2.00% Soiling loss factor
1353 kWh/m² * 2414 m² coll. Effective irradiation on collectors
efficiency at STC = 21.12% PV conversion
690087 kWh Array nominal energy (at STC effic.)
-0.20% Module Degradation Loss ( for year #1)
+0.03% PV loss due to irradiance level
-1.01% PV loss due to temperature
-1.50% LID - Light induced degradation
-1.04% Mismatch loss, modules and strings
-0.82% Ohmic wiring loss
659255 kWh Array virtual energy at MPP
-1.66% Inverter Loss during operation (efficiency)
-0.08% Inverter Loss over nominal inv. power
0.00% Inverter Loss due to max. input current
0.00% Inverter Loss over nominal inv. voltage
-0.01% Inverter Loss due to power threshold
0.00% Inverter Loss due to voltage threshold
-0.01% Night consumption
647720 kWh Available Energy at Inverter Output
-0.43% AC ohmic loss
-1.30% Medium voltage transfo loss
-0.08% MV line ohmic loss
-0.33% System unavailability
633987 kWh Energy injected into grid
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Project: ON Grid Solar Power Plannt
Variant: New simulation variant
PVsyst V7.3.1
VC0, Simulation date:
01/07/23 22:24
with v7.3.1
Predef. graphs
Daily Input/Output diagram
System Output Power Distribution
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Project: ON Grid Solar Power Plannt
Variant: New simulation variant
PVsyst V7.3.1
VC0, Simulation date:
01/07/23 22:24
with v7.3.1
Aging Tool
Aging Parameters
Time span of simulation 25 years
Module average degradation Mismatch due to degradation
Loss factor 0.4 %/year Imp RMS dispersion 0.4 %/year
Vmp RMS dispersion 0.4 %/year
Meteo used in the simulation
#1 Solar power plant 620 kW Pavermenys Kedainiai MN81 SYN
Years 1990 (reference year)
Years simulated 1,6,11,16,21,25
System output energy
Performance Ratio
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Project: ON Grid Solar Power Plannt
Variant: New simulation variant
PVsyst V7.3.1
VC0, Simulation date:
01/07/23 22:24
with v7.3.1
Aging Tool
Aging Parameters
Time span of simulation 25 years
Module average degradation Mismatch due to degradation
Loss factor 0.4 %/year Imp RMS dispersion 0.4 %/year
Vmp RMS dispersion 0.4 %/year
Meteo used in the simulation
#1 Solar power plant 620 kW Pavermenys Kedainiai MN81 SYN
Years 1990 (reference year)
Years simulated 1,6,11,16,21,25
Solar power plant 620 kW Pavermenys Kedainiai MN81 SYN
Year System output PR PR loss
kWh %
1 633987 0.852 0%
2 630927 0.847 -0.5%
3 627867 0.843 -1%
4 624807 0.839 -1.4%
5 621747 0.835 -1.9%
6 618687 0.831 -2.4%
7 614002 0.825 -3.2%
8 609317 0.818 -3.9%
9 604633 0.812 -4.6%
10 599948 0.806 -5.4%
11 595263 0.8 -6.1%
12 592232 0.796 -6.6%
13 589201 0.791 -7.1%
14 586170 0.787 -7.5%
15 583139 0.783 -8%
16 580108 0.779 -8.5%
17 576854 0.775 -9%
18 573599 0.77 -9.5%
19 570345 0.766 -10%
20 567090 0.762 -10.6%
21 563836 0.757 -11.1%
22 557875 0.749 -12%
23 551914 0.741 -12.9%
24 545953 0.733 -13.9%
25 539992 0.725 -14.8%
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Project: ON Grid Solar Power Plannt
Variant: New simulation variant
PVsyst V7.3.1
VC0, Simulation date:
01/07/23 22:24
with v7.3.1
P50 - P90 evaluation
Meteo data Simulation and parameters uncertainties
Source Meteonorm 8.1 (2007-2017), Sat=100% PV module modelling/parameters 1.0 %
Kind TMY, multi-year Inverter efficiency uncertainty 0.5 %
Year-to-year variability(Variance) 6.1 % Soiling and mismatch uncertainties 1.0 %
Specified Deviation Degradation uncertainty 1.0 %
Climate change 0.0 %
Global variability (meteo + system) Annual production probability
Variability (Quadratic sum) 6.4 % Variability 40.3 MWh
P50 634.0 MWh
P90 582.3 MWh
P95 567.8 MWh
Probability distribution
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PVsyst V7.3.1
VC0, Simulation date:
01/07/23 22:24
with v7.3.1
