Performance of grid-connected PV

PVGIS-5 estimates of solar electricity generation:

Provided inputs: Simulation outputs Outline of horizon at chosen location:
Latitude/Longitude: 39.458, -9.140 Slope angle: 35 (opt) °
Horizon: Calculated Azimuth angle: 7 (opt) °
Database used: PVGIS-SARAH Yearly PV energy production: 14537.43 kWh
PV technology: Unknown Yearly in-plane irradiation: 1914.77 kWh/m²
PV installed: 10 kWp Year-to-year variability: 649.16 kWh
System loss: 14 % Changes in output due to:
Angle of incidence: -2.66 %
Spectral effects: NaN %
Temperature and low irradiance: -8 %
Total loss: -24.08 %

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 853.2 111.8 208.8 E_m: Average monthly electricity production from the given system [kWh].
February 949.8 124.7 203.3 H(i)_m: Average monthly sum of global irradiation per square meter received by the modules
March 1206.6 158.8 170.4 of the given system [kWh/m²].
April 1298.3 171.4 92.4 SD_m: Standard deviation of the monthly electricity production due to year-to-year variation [kWh].
May 1450.8 191.9 138.2
June 1426.0 188.7 59.4
July 1551.4 204.9 99.1
August 1588.0 209.2 95.4
September 1394.8 183.5 86.7
October 1119.1 147.1 137.4
November 859.5 112.8 157.5
December 840.0 110.0 114.2

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