Version 7.4.

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Standalone system

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Standalone system with batteries
System power: 9.90 kWp

PVsyst TRIAL Tomalá - Honduras

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Project summary
Geographical Site Situation Project settings
Tomalá Latitude 14.23 °N Albedo 0.20
Honduras Longitude -88.78 °W
Altitude 1184 m
Time zone UTC-6

Meteo data
Tomalá
Meteonorm 8.1 (2000-2009), Sat=100% - Sintético

System summary

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PV Field Orientation User's needs

Fixed plane Daily household consumers
Tilt/Azimuth 25 / 0 ° Constant over the year
Average 41 kWh/Day

System information
PV Array Battery pack
Nb. of modules 18 units Technology Lithium-ion, LFP
Pnom total 9.90 kWp Nb. of units 20 units
Voltage 96 V
Capacity 2000 Ah

Results summary

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Useful energy from solar
Missing Energy
Excess (unused)
14864.26 kWh/year
0.00 kWh/year
2326.64 kWh/year

Project and results summary

Specific production 1501 kWh/kWp/year Perf. Ratio PR
Available solar energy 17663.71 kWh/year

Table of contents
Solar Fraction SF
70.22 %
100.00 %

2
General parameters, PV Array Characteristics, System losses 3
Detailed User's needs 4
Main results 5
Loss diagram 6
Predef. graphs 7
Cost of the system 8
Financial analysis 9

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General parameters
Standalone system Standalone system with batteries

PV Field Orientation
Orientation Sheds configuration Models used
Fixed plane No 3D scene defined Transposition Perez
Tilt/Azimuth 25 / 0 ° Diffuse Perez, Meteonorm
Circumsolar separate

User's needs
Daily household consumers
Constant over the year
Average 41 kWh/Day

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PV module
Manufacturer
Model
(Original PVsyst database)
Unit Nom. Power
Generic
CHSM72M(DG)/F-BH-550

550 Wp
PV Array Characteristics
Battery
Manufacturer
Model
Technology
Nb. of units
Generic
Luna2000-10-SO, with inverter 5 kW
Lithium-ion, LFP
10 in parallel x 2 in series
Number of PV modules 18 units Discharging min. SOC 10.0 %
Nominal (STC) 9.90 kWp Stored energy 172.8 kWh
Modules 6 Strings x 3 In series Battery Pack Characteristics
At operating cond. (50°C) Voltage 96 V
Pmpp 9.06 kWp Nominal Capacity 2000 Ah (C10)
U mpp 115 V Temperature Fixed 20 °C
I mpp 79 A

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Controller
Universal controller
Technology
Temp coeff.
Converter
Maxi and EURO efficiencies
MPPT converter
-5.0 mV/°C/Elem.

97.0 / 95.0 %
Battery Management control
Threshold commands as
Charging
Discharging
SOC calculation
SOC = 0.96 / 0.80
SOC = 0.10 / 0.35

Total PV power
Nominal (STC) 10 kWp
Total 18 modules
Module area 46.5 m²

Array losses

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Thermal Loss factor DC wiring losses Serie Diode Loss
Module temperature according to irradiance Global array res. 24 mΩ Voltage drop 0.7 V
Uc (const) 20.0 W/m²K Loss Fraction 1.5 % at STC Loss Fraction 0.6 % at STC
Uv (wind) 0.0 W/m²K/m/s

Module Quality Loss Module mismatch losses Strings Mismatch loss

Loss Fraction -0.8 % Loss Fraction 1.0 % at MPP Loss Fraction 0.2 %

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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Detailed User's needs

Daily household consumers, Constant over the year, average = 41 kWh/day
Annual values Hourly distribution

Nb. Power Use Energy

W Hour/day Wh/day
Lámparas (LED o fluo) 10 10/lamp 6.0 600
Electrodomésticos 2 1000/app 2.0 4000
Otros usos 3 1000 tot 12.0 36000
Otros usos 1 100 tot 1.0 100
Consumidores en espera 24.0, 7days/7 24
Total daily energy 40724

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Main results
System Production
Useful energy from solar 14864.26 kWh/year Perf. Ratio PR 70.22 %
Available solar energy 17663.71 kWh/year Solar Fraction SF 100.00 %
Excess (unused) 2326.64 kWh/year
Loss of Load Battery aging (State of Wear)
Time Fraction 0.0 % Cycles SOW 99.1 %
Missing Energy 0.00 kWh/year Static SOW 90.0 %

Economic evaluation
Investment Yearly cost LCOE
Global 31,500.00 USD Annuities 0.00 USD/yr Energy cost 0.00 USD/kWh

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Specific 3.18 USD/Wp Run. costs 0.00 USD/yr
Payback period Unprofitable

Normalized productions (per installed kWp) Performance Ratio PR

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January
GlobHor
kWh/m²
163.7
Balances and main results

GlobEff
kWh/m²
197.5
E_Avail
kWh
1687
EUnused
kWh
325.1
E_Miss
kWh
0.000
E_User
kWh
1262
February 166.9 188.2 1584 406.7 0.000 1140
March 202.1 205.0 1723 430.7 0.000 1262
April 192.0 174.7 1483 225.4 0.000 1222
May 189.4 156.7 1338 36.8 0.000 1262
June 179.3 143.3 1236 33.0 0.000 1222
July 204.3 164.5 1407 67.3 0.000 1262
August 191.3 166.2 1421 160.4 0.000 1262

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September 170.7 164.2 1397 135.3 0.000 1222
October 151.3 160.4 1364 40.5 0.000 1262
November 143.4 165.5 1423 161.5 0.000 1222
December 152.6 188.3 1600 303.9 0.000 1262
Year 2107.0 2074.6 17664 2326.6 0.000 14864

Legends
GlobHor Global horizontal irradiation E_User Energy supplied to the user
GlobEff Effective Global, corr. for IAM and shadings
E_Avail Available Solar Energy
EUnused Unused energy (battery full)
E_Miss Missing energy

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Loss diagram
2107 kWh/m² Global horizontal irradiation
+1.5% Global incident in coll. plane

-2.97% IAM factor on global

2075 kWh/m² * 46 m² coll. Effective irradiation on collectors

efficiency at STC = 21.31% PV conversion

20554 kWh Array nominal energy (at STC effic.)

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-0.48% PV loss due to irradiance level

-8.08% PV loss due to temperature

+0.75% Module quality loss

-1.15% Mismatch loss, modules and strings

-1.77% Ohmic wiring loss

-12.65% Unused energy (battery full)

16021 kWh Effective energy at the output of the array

-4.25% Converter Loss during operation (efficiency)

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-0.26% Converter Loss over nominal conv. power
-0.02% Converter Loss due to power threshold
0.00% Converter Loss over nominal conv. voltage
0.00% Converter Loss due to voltage threshold
15337 kWh Converter losses (effic, overload)
Missing
Direct use Stored Battery Storage
energy 65.3% 34.7%
+0.20% Battery Stored Energy balance
0.00%
0.0 kWh
-1.69% Battery efficiency loss
-1.31% Charge/Disch. Current Efficiency Loss
-1.20% Battery Self-discharge Current
14864 kWh Energy supplied to the user

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Predef. graphs
Diagrama entrada/salida diaria

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Cost of the system

Installation costs

Item Quantity Cost Total

units USD USD
Batteries 20 600.00 12,000.00
Controllers 1,500.00
Installation
Global installation cost per module 18 1,000.00 18,000.00
Total 31,500.00
Depreciable asset 13,500.00

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Operating costs

Item

Total (OPEX)
Including inflation (2.00%)
Total
USD/year
0.00
0.00

System summary
Total installation cost 31,500.00 USD
Operating costs (incl. inflation 2.00%/year) 0.00 USD/year
Excess energy (battery full) 2.3 MWh/year
Used solar energy 14.9 MWh/year

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Used energy cost 0.000 USD/kWh

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Financial analysis
Simulation period
Project lifetime 25 years Start year 2023

Income variation over time

Inflation 2.00 %/year
Production variation (aging) 0.00 %/year
Discount rate 0.00 %/year

Depreciable assets

Asset Depreciation Depreciation Salvage Depreciable

method period value (USD)

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(years) (USD)
Batteries Straight-line 20 0.00 12,000.00
Controllers Straight-line 20 0.00 1,500.00
Total 0.00 13,500.00

Self-consumption
Consumption tariff 0.0489 USD/kWh
Tariff evolution 0.0 %/year

Return on investment
Payback period Unprofitable
Net present value (NPV) 18,189.33 USD
Internal rate of return (IRR) 0.00 %
Return on investment (ROI) 57.7 %

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Financial analysis
Detailed economic results (USD)

Year Run. Self-cons. Cumul. %

costs saving profit amorti.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%
1 0 0 675 728 728 2.3%
2 0 0 675 728 1,455 4.6%
3 0 0 675 728 2,183 6.9%
4 0 0 675 728 2,910 9.2%
5 0 0 675 728 3,638 11.5%
6 0 0 675 728 4,365 13.9%

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7 0 0 675 728 5,093 16.2%
8 0 0 675 728 5,821 18.5%
9 0 0 675 728 6,548 20.8%
10 0 0 675 728 7,276 23.1%
11 0 0 675 728 8,003 25.4%
12 0 0 675 728 8,731 27.7%
13 0 0 675 728 9,458 30.0%
14 0 0 675 728 10,186 32.3%
15 0 0 675 728 10,914 34.6%
16 0 0 675 728 11,641 37.0%
17 0 0 675 728 12,369 39.3%
18 0 0 675 728 13,096 41.6%
19 0 0 675 728 13,824 43.9%
20 0 0 675 728 14,551 46.2%

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21 0 0 0 728 15,279 48.5%
22 0 0 0 728 16,007 50.8%
23 0 0 0 728 16,734 53.1%
24 0 0 0 728 17,462 55.4%
25 0 0 0 728 18,189 57.7%
Total 0 18,189 18,189 57.7%

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Financial analysis
Yearly net profit (USD)

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