Performance of grid-connected PV

PVGIS-5 estimates of solar electricity generation:

Provided inputs: Simulation outputs Outline of horizon at chosen location:
Latitude/Longitude: 47.751,22.885 Slope angle: 10 °
Horizon: Calculated Azimuth angle: 2°
Database used: PVGIS-SARAH Yearly PV energy production: 186157.46 kWh
PV technology: Crystalline silicon Yearly in-plane irradiation: 1357.89 kWh/m²
PV installed: 176.61 kWp Year-to-year variability: 10792.17 kWh
System loss: 14 % Changes in output due to:
Angle of incidence: -3.44 %
Spectral effects: 1.2 %
Temperature and low irradiance: -7.63 %
Total loss: -22.38 %

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 4904.6 34.3 944.6 E_m: Average monthly electricity production from the defined system [kWh].
February 6401.8 44.7 1847.8 H(i)_m: Average monthly sum of global irradiation per square meter received by the modules
March 14794.9102.0 3474.8 of the given system [kWh/m²].
April 20509.3146.9 2936.8 SD_m: Standard deviation of the monthly electricity production due to year-to-year variation [kWh].
May 23722.6173.8 2320.9
June 25194.5187.7 1573.8
July 25814.2194.9 2346.8
August 23745.9178.5 2430.5
September 17686.2129.2 2183.8
October 12180.786.5 2369.1
November 7206.6 50.5 1487.5
December 3996.3 28.9 965.0

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