Version 7.3.

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PVsyst - Simulation report
Grid-Connected System

Project: 50KW solar Power Plant at Nagpur

Variant: New simulation variant
Tables on a building
System power: 50.9 kWp

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Variant: New simulation variant

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Project summary
Geographical Site Situation Project settings
Nagpur Latitude 21.14 °N Albedo 0.20
India Longitude 79.09 °E
Altitude 300 m
Time zone UTC+5.5

Meteo data
Nagpur
Meteonorm 8.1 (1996-2015) - Synthetic

System summary

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Grid-Connected System Tables on a building

PV Field Orientation Near Shadings User's needs

Fixed plane Linear shadings Unlimited load (grid)
Tilt/Azimuth 30 / 0 °

System information
PV Array Inverters
Nb. of modules 152 units Nb. of units 1 unit
Pnom total 50.9 kWp Pnom total 50.0 kWac
Pnom ratio 1.018

Results summary
Produced Energy 71773 kWh/year Specific production 1410 kWh/kWp/year Perf. Ratio PR 74.96 %

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Project and results summary

Near shading definition - Iso-shadings diagram

Main results
Loss diagram
Table of contents

General parameters, PV Array Characteristics, System losses

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Predef. graphs 8
Cost of the system 9
Financial analysis 10
CO₂ Emission Balance 13

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General parameters
Grid-Connected System Tables on a building

PV Field Orientation
Orientation Sheds configuration Models used
Fixed plane Nb. of sheds 72 units Transposition Perez
Tilt/Azimuth 30 / 0 ° Sizes Diffuse Perez, Meteonorm
Sheds spacing 3.10 m Circumsolar separate
Collector width 1.70 m
Ground Cov. Ratio (GCR) 55.0 %
Shading limit angle
Limit profile angle 27.7 °

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Horizon Near Shadings User's needs
Free Horizon Linear shadings Unlimited load (grid)

PV Array Characteristics
PV module Inverter
Manufacturer Generic Manufacturer Generic
Model AXIprotect X HC MT BLK AC-335MG/120V Model PVS-50-TL
(Original PVsyst database) (Original PVsyst database)
Unit Nom. Power 335 Wp Unit Nom. Power 50.0 kWac
Number of PV modules 152 units Number of inverters 3 * MPPT 33% 1 unit
Nominal (STC) 50.9 kWp Total power 50.0 kWac
Modules 8 Strings x 19 In series Operating voltage 300-950 V
At operating cond. (50°C) Max. power (=>30°C) 55.0 kWac

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Pmpp 46.0 kWp Pnom ratio (DC:AC) 1.02
U mpp 582 V No power sharing between MPPTs
I mpp 79 A

Total PV power Total inverter power

Nominal (STC) 51 kWp Total power 50 kWac
Total 152 modules Number of inverters 1 unit
Module area 261 m² Pnom ratio 1.02
Cell area 231 m²

Array losses
Array Soiling Losses Thermal Loss factor DC wiring losses
Loss Fraction 3.0 % Module temperature according to irradiance Global array res. 123 mΩ
Uc (const) 20.0 W/m²K Loss Fraction 1.5 % at STC

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Uv (wind) 0.0 W/m²K/m/s

Serie Diode Loss LID - Light Induced Degradation Module Quality Loss
Voltage drop 0.7 V Loss Fraction 2.0 % Loss Fraction -0.4 %
Loss Fraction 0.1 % at STC

Module mismatch losses Strings Mismatch loss

Loss Fraction 2.0 % at MPP Loss Fraction 0.1 %

IAM loss factor

Incidence effect (IAM): Fresnel smooth glass, n = 1.526

0° 30° 50° 60° 70° 75° 80° 85° 90°

1.000 0.998 0.981 0.948 0.862 0.776 0.636 0.403 0.000

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System losses
Unavailability of the system Auxiliaries loss
Time fraction 2.0 %
7.3 days,
3 periods

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Near shadings parameter

Perspective of the PV-field and surrounding shading scene

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Iso-shadings diagram

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Orientation #1

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Main results
System Production
Produced Energy 71773 kWh/year Specific production 1410 kWh/kWp/year
Performance Ratio PR 74.96 %

Economic evaluation
Investment Yearly cost LCOE
Global 1,843,000.00 INR Annuities 51,616.00 INR/yr Energy cost 1.72 INR/kWh
Specific 36.2 INR/Wp Run. costs 50,000.00 INR/yr
Payback period 7.8 years

Normalized productions (per installed kWp) Performance Ratio PR

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Balances and main results

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GlobHor DiffHor T_Amb GlobInc GlobEff EArray E_Grid PR
kWh/m² kWh/m² °C kWh/m² kWh/m² kWh kWh ratio
January 131.4 52.41 21.49 173.9 161.5 7014 6425 0.726
February 139.0 60.09 24.99 167.7 156.1 6664 6525 0.764
March 178.4 74.14 29.26 192.4 178.8 7448 7286 0.744
April 190.0 82.21 32.19 184.2 170.1 7033 6875 0.733
May 197.8 90.10 35.59 174.5 159.7 6565 6413 0.722
June 147.7 89.85 31.27 127.9 115.7 4937 4823 0.741
July 113.9 80.28 28.10 100.2 89.5 3933 3837 0.752
August 119.5 80.84 27.22 110.9 100.3 4386 4283 0.758
September 137.7 79.28 27.36 139.1 127.4 5510 5389 0.761
October 148.5 71.60 27.04 169.7 157.7 6717 6567 0.760
November 130.8 53.63 23.94 166.0 154.3 6620 6483 0.767
December 127.8 49.85 21.50 174.0 161.2 7007 6867 0.775

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Year 1762.4 864.28 27.50 1880.4 1732.2 73835 71773 0.750

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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Loss diagram
1762 kWh/m² Global horizontal irradiation
+6.7% Global incident in coll. plane

-2.65% Near Shadings: irradiance loss

-2.45% IAM factor on global

-3.00% Soiling loss factor

1732 kWh/m² * 261 m² coll. Effective irradiation on collectors

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efficiency at STC = 19.53% PV conversion

88319 kWh Array nominal energy (at STC effic.)

-0.72% PV loss due to irradiance level

-11.53% PV loss due to temperature

+0.36% Module quality loss

-2.00% LID - Light induced degradation

-2.10% Mismatch loss, modules and strings

-1.16% Ohmic wiring loss
73835 kWh Array virtual energy at MPP

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-2.18% Inverter Loss during operation (efficiency)
0.00% 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
72214 kWh Available Energy at Inverter Output

0.00% Auxiliaries (fans, other)

-0.61% System unavailability
71773 kWh Energy injected into grid

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Predef. graphs
Daily Input/Output diagram

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Cost of the system

Installation costs

Item Quantity Cost Total

units INR INR
PV modules
AXIprotect X HC MT BLK AC-335MG/120V 152 6,000.00 912,000.00
Supports for modules 50 3,000.00 150,000.00
Inverters
PVS-50-TL 1 231,000.00 231,000.00
Studies and analysis
Engineering 1 400,000.00 400,000.00

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Installation
Global installation cost per module 152 986.84 150,000.00
Total 1,843,000.00
Depreciable asset 1,293,000.00

Operating costs

Item Total
INR/year
Maintenance
Salaries 50,000.00
Total (OPEX) 50,000.00

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System summary
Total installation cost
Operating costs
Produced Energy
Cost of produced energy (LCOE)
1,843,000.00
50,000.00
71.8
1.724
INR
INR/year
MWh/year
INR/kWh

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Financial analysis
Simulation period
Project lifetime 25 years Start year 2024

Income variation over time

Inflation 0.00 %/year
Production variation (aging) 0.00 %/year
Discount rate 0.00 %/year

Income dependent expenses

Income tax rate 0.00 %/year
Other income tax 0.00 %/year
Dividends 0.00 %/year

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Depreciable assets

Asset

PV modules
Depreciation
method

AXIprotect X HC MT BLK AC-335MG/120VStraight-line

Depreciation
period
(years)

20
Salvage
value
(INR)

0.00
Depreciable
(INR)

912,000.00
Supports for modules Straight-line 20 0.00 150,000.00
Inverters
PVS-50-TL Straight-line 20 0.00 231,000.00
Total 0.00 1,293,000.00

Financing
Own funds 552,600.00 INR

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Loan - Redeemable with fixed annuity - 25 years 1,290,400.00 INR Interest rate: 0.00%/year

Electricity sale
Feed-in tariff 4.0000 INR/kWh
Duration of tariff warranty 20 years
Annual connection tax 0.00 INR/kWh
Annual tariff variation 0.0 %/year
Feed-in tariff decrease after warranty 0.00 %

Return on investment
Payback period 7.8 years
Net present value (NPV) 4,084,284.24 INR
Internal rate of return (IRR) 33.54 %
Return on investment (ROI) 221.6 %

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Financial analysis
Detailed economic results (INR)

Year Electricity Own Loan Loan Run. Deprec. Taxable Taxes After-tax Cumul. %

sale funds principal interest costs allow. income profit profit amorti.
0 0 552,600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -552,600 0.0%
1 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 64,650 172,441 0 185,475 -367,125 12.9%
2 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 64,650 172,441 0 185,475 -181,649 25.7%
3 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 64,650 172,441 0 185,475 3,826 38.6%
4 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 64,650 172,441 0 185,475 189,301 51.5%
5 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 64,650 172,441 0 185,475 374,777 64.3%
6 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 64,650 172,441 0 185,475 560,252 77.2%

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7 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 64,650 172,441 0 185,475 745,728 90.1%
8 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 64,650 172,441 0 185,475 931,203 102.9%
9 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 64,650 172,441 0 185,475 1,116,678 115.8%
10 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 64,650 172,441 0 185,475 1,302,154 128.6%
11 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 64,650 172,441 0 185,475 1,487,629 141.5%
12 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 64,650 172,441 0 185,475 1,673,104 154.4%
13 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 64,650 172,441 0 185,475 1,858,580 167.2%
14 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 64,650 172,441 0 185,475 2,044,055 180.1%
15 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 64,650 172,441 0 185,475 2,229,531 193.0%
16 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 64,650 172,441 0 185,475 2,415,006 205.8%
17 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 64,650 172,441 0 185,475 2,600,481 218.7%
18 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 64,650 172,441 0 185,475 2,785,957 231.6%
19 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 64,650 172,441 0 185,475 2,971,432 244.4%
20 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 64,650 172,441 0 185,475 3,156,907 257.3%

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21 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 0 237,091 0 185,475 3,342,383 270.2%
22 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 0 237,091 0 185,475 3,527,858 283.0%
23 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 0 237,091 0 185,475 3,713,334 295.9%
24 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 0 237,091 0 185,475 3,898,809 308.7%
25 287,091 0 51,616 0 50,000 0 237,091 0 185,475 4,084,284 321.6%
Total 7,177,284 552,600 1,290,400 0 1,250,000 1,293,000 4,634,284 0 4,636,884 4,084,284 321.6%

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Financial analysis
Yearly net profit (kINR)

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CO₂ Emission Balance

Total: 1651.4 tCO₂
Generated emissions Saved CO₂ Emission vs. Time
Total: 97.32 tCO₂
Source: Detailed calculation from table below
Replaced Emissions
Total: 2015.4 tCO₂
System production: 71.77 MWh/yr
Grid Lifecycle Emissions: 936 gCO₂/kWh
Source: IEA List
Country: India
Lifetime: 30 years

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Annual degradation: 1.0 %

System Lifecycle Emissions Details

Item LCE Quantity Subtotal

[kgCO₂]
Modules 1713 kgCO2/kWp 50.9 kWp 87212
Supports 6.24 kgCO2/kg 1520 kg 9490

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Inverters 619 kgCO2/ 1.00 619

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