Performance of grid-connected PV

PVGIS-5 estimates of solar electricity generation:

Provided inputs: Simulation outputs Outline of horizon at chosen location:
Latitude/Longitude: 2.525, -78.277 Slope angle: 15 °
Horizon: Calculated Azimuth angle: 0°
Database used: PVGIS-NSRDB Yearly PV energy production: 2355.11 kWh
PV technology: Crystalline silicon Yearly in-plane irradiation: 1574.82 kWh/m²
PV installed: 2 kWp Year-to-year variability: 122.60 kWh
System loss: 14 % Changes in output due to:
Angle of incidence: -3.43 %
Spectral effects: NaN %
Temperature and low irradiance: -9.96 %
Total loss: -25.23 %
PV electricity cost [per kWh]: 0.293 per kWh

Monthly energy output from fix-angle PV system: Monthly in-plane irradiation for fixed-angle:

Monthly PV energy and solar irradiation

Month E_m H(i)_m SD_m
January 203.2 135.4 20.1 E_m: Average monthly electricity production from the given system [kWh].
February 191.7 128.5 18.3 H(i)_m: Average monthly sum of global irradiation per square meter received by the modules
March 220.8 148.2 17.0 of the given system [kWh/m²].
April 210.0 140.9 14.0 SD_m: Standard deviation of the monthly electricity production due to year-to-year variation [kWh].
May 186.6 125.2 13.5
June 173.2 116.3 14.2
July 185.1 124.2 6.9
August 197.6 131.9 14.6
September 191.2 127.2 28.9
October 201.3 134.3 15.6
November 192.3 128.1 19.2
December 202.0 134.4 24.7

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