Version 7.4.

PVsyst - Simulation report

Grid-Connected System

Project: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90 MWp
Variant: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90 MWp
Ground system (tables) on a hill
System power: 90.00 MWp
Botley_West - United Kingdom

Author
PVDP (Germany)
 Project: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90
MWp
PVsyst V7.4.5
Variant: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90 MWp
VD7, Simulation date:
19/02/24 19:51 PVDP (Germany)
with v7.4.5

Project summary
Geographical Site Situation Project settings
Botley_West Latitude 51.80 °N Albedo 0.20
United Kingdom Longitude -1.35 °W
Altitude 90 m
Time zone UTC

Meteo data
Woodstock
SolarGISv2.2.37 - TMY

System summary
Grid-Connected System Ground system (tables) on a hill

PV Field Orientation Near Shadings User's needs

Fixed plane Detailed electrical calculation Unlimited load (grid)
Tilt/Azimuth 15 / -1.1 ° acc. to module layout : Slow (simul.)

System information
PV Array Inverters
Nb. of modules 145158 units Nb. of units 20 units
Pnom total 90.00 MWp Pnom total 60.00 MWac
Pnom ratio 1.500

Results summary
Produced Energy 85341469 kWh/year Specific production 948 kWh/kWp/year Perf. Ratio PR 83.01 %

Table of contents
Project and results summary 2
General parameters, PV Array Characteristics, System losses 3
Horizon definition 5
Near shading definition - Iso-shadings diagram 6
Main results 7
Loss diagram 8
Predef. graphs 9
Single-line diagram 15

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 Project: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90
MWp
PVsyst V7.4.5
Variant: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90 MWp
VD7, Simulation date:
19/02/24 19:51 PVDP (Germany)
with v7.4.5

General parameters
Grid-Connected System Ground system (tables) on a hill

PV Field Orientation
Orientation Sheds configuration Models used
Fixed plane Nb. of sheds 5583 units Transposition Perez
Tilt/Azimuth 15 / -1.1 ° Sizes Diffuse Imported
Sheds spacing 6.63 m Circumsolar separate
Collector width 4.78 m
Ground Cov. Ratio (GCR) 72.2 %
Shading limit angle
Limit profile angle 31.7 °

Horizon Near Shadings User's needs

Average Height 0.9 ° Detailed electrical calculation Unlimited load (grid)
acc. to module layout : Slow (simul.)

PV Array Characteristics
PV module Inverter
Manufacturer Longi Solar Manufacturer SMA
Model LR7-72HGD-620M Model Sunny Central 3000 EV
(Custom parameters definition) (Custom parameters definition)
Unit Nom. Power 620 Wp Unit Nom. Power 3000 kWac
Number of PV modules 145158 units Number of inverters 20 units
Nominal (STC) 90.00 MWp Total power 60000 kWac
Modules 5583 string x 26 In series Operating voltage 956-1425 V
At operating cond. (50°C) Pnom ratio (DC:AC) 1.50
Pmpp 83.77 MWp
U mpp 1060 V
I mpp 79005 A

Total PV power Total inverter power

Nominal (STC) 89998 kWp Total power 60000 kWac
Total 145158 modules Number of inverters 20 units
Module area 392099 m² Pnom ratio 1.50
Cell area 364753 m²

Array losses
Array Soiling Losses Thermal Loss factor DC wiring losses
Loss Fraction 1.0 % Module temperature according to irradiance Global array res. 0.26 mΩ
Uc (const) 29.0 W/m²K Loss Fraction 1.8 % at STC
Uv (wind) 0.0 W/m²K/m/s

LID - Light Induced Degradation Module Quality Loss Module mismatch losses
Loss Fraction 1.0 % Loss Fraction -0.8 % Loss Fraction 2.0 % at MPP

Strings Mismatch loss

Loss Fraction 0.2 %

IAM loss factor

Incidence effect (IAM): User defined profile

0° 40° 50° 60° 70° 75° 80° 85° 90°

1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.990 0.970 0.910 0.810 0.000

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 Project: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90
MWp
PVsyst V7.4.5
Variant: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90 MWp
VD7, Simulation date:
19/02/24 19:51 PVDP (Germany)
with v7.4.5

AC wiring losses
Inv. output line up to MV transfo
Inverter voltage 655 Vac tri
Loss Fraction 0.08 % at STC
Inverter: Sunny Central 3000 EV
Wire section (20 Inv.) Copper 20 x 3 x 2500 mm²
Average wires length 10 m

MV line up to Injection
MV Voltage 33 kV
Wires Copper 3 x 1000 mm²
Length 12000 m
Loss Fraction 1.83 % at STC

AC losses in transformers
MV transfo
Medium voltage 33 kV
Transformer parameters
Nominal power at STC 88.36 MVA
Iron Loss (24/24 Connexion) 67.15 kVA
Iron loss fraction 0.08 % at STC
Copper loss 671.50 kVA
Copper loss fraction 0.76 % at STC
Coils equivalent resistance 3 x 0.04 mΩ

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 Project: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90
MWp
PVsyst V7.4.5
Variant: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90 MWp
VD7, Simulation date:
19/02/24 19:51 PVDP (Germany)
with v7.4.5

Horizon definition
Horizon from PVGIS website API, Lat=51°48"15', Long=-1°21"2', Alt=90m

Average Height 0.9 ° Albedo Factor 0.98

Diffuse Factor 1.00 Albedo Fraction 100 %

Horizon profile

Azimuth [°] -180 -150 -143 -128 -120 -113 -105 -90 -83 -75 -38 -30
Height [°] 2.3 2.3 1.5 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.8
Azimuth [°] -23 -15 -8 8 60 68 98 105 113 120 128 180
Height [°] 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.1 1.1 2.3 2.3

Sun Paths (Height / Azimuth diagram)

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 Project: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90
MWp
PVsyst V7.4.5
Variant: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90 MWp
VD7, Simulation date:
19/02/24 19:51 PVDP (Germany)
with v7.4.5

Near shadings parameter

Perspective of the PV-field and surrounding shading scene

Iso-shadings diagram
Orientation #1

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 Project: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90
MWp
PVsyst V7.4.5
Variant: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90 MWp
VD7, Simulation date:
19/02/24 19:51 PVDP (Germany)
with v7.4.5

Main results
System Production
Produced Energy 85341469 kWh/year Specific production 948 kWh/kWp/year
Perf. Ratio PR 83.01 %

Normalized productions (per installed kWp) Performance Ratio PR

Balances and main results

GlobHor DiffHor T_Amb GlobInc GlobEff EArray E_Grid PR

kWh/m² kWh/m² °C kWh/m² kWh/m² kWh kWh ratio
January 23.6 15.04 5.39 33.9 27.6 1764298 1672514 0.549
February 39.6 23.34 4.08 51.7 46.9 3213191 3096065 0.665
March 79.1 45.95 8.82 93.0 89.8 7748370 7495585 0.896
April 120.7 69.55 7.56 131.8 127.7 10985634 10639971 0.897
May 140.2 75.82 12.25 145.5 141.1 11705370 11333366 0.866
June 148.4 78.11 15.85 152.6 148.2 11994901 11616197 0.846
July 150.3 82.57 17.67 155.0 150.4 12362641 11979755 0.859
August 125.2 72.67 15.88 134.4 130.2 11048797 10706208 0.885
September 89.9 53.11 13.99 102.1 98.7 8522160 8258424 0.899
October 59.7 35.44 11.55 74.3 70.4 5429667 5251151 0.786
November 28.3 17.50 6.47 39.6 33.4 2176324 2079663 0.583
December 19.2 12.72 5.07 28.5 22.3 1296289 1212572 0.473
Year 1024.3 581.81 10.43 1142.3 1086.8 88247642 85341469 0.830

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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 Project: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90
MWp
PVsyst V7.4.5
Variant: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90 MWp
VD7, Simulation date:
19/02/24 19:51 PVDP (Germany)
with v7.4.5

Loss diagram
1024 kWh/m² Global horizontal irradiation
+11.5% Global incident in coll. plane

-0.04% Far Shadings / Horizon

-3.43% Near Shadings: irradiance loss

-0.45% IAM factor on global

-1.00% Soiling loss factor

1087 kWh/m² * 392099 m² coll. Effective irradiation on collectors

efficiency at STC = 22.98% PV conversion

97918525 kWh Array nominal energy (at STC effic.)

-0.17% PV loss due to irradiance level
-0.18% PV loss due to temperature

-4.34% Shadings: Electrical Loss detailed module calc.

+0.75% Module quality loss

-1.00% LID - Light induced degradation

-2.15% Mismatch loss, modules and strings

-0.86% Ohmic wiring loss

90317602 kWh Array virtual energy at MPP

-1.45% Inverter Loss during operation (efficiency)

-2.33% 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
-0.04% Night consumption
86892911 kWh Available Energy at Inverter Output

-0.03% AC ohmic loss

-0.99% Medium voltage transfo loss

-0.77% MV line ohmic loss

85341469 kWh Energy injected into grid

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 Project: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90
MWp
PVsyst V7.4.5
Variant: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90 MWp
VD7, Simulation date:
19/02/24 19:51 PVDP (Germany)
with v7.4.5

Predef. graphs
Referenzenergieeinstrahlung in auf Zelloberfläche

Spezifischer Ertrag und Verlustfaktoren

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 Project: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90
MWp
PVsyst V7.4.5
Variant: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90 MWp
VD7, Simulation date:
19/02/24 19:51 PVDP (Germany)
with v7.4.5

Predef. graphs
Incident Irradiation Distribution

Incident Irradiation cumulative distribution

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 Project: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90
MWp
PVsyst V7.4.5
Variant: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90 MWp
VD7, Simulation date:
19/02/24 19:51 PVDP (Germany)
with v7.4.5

Predef. graphs
Array Temperature vs. Effective Irradiance

Tägliches Eingabe/Ausgabe Diagramm

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 Project: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90
MWp
PVsyst V7.4.5
Variant: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90 MWp
VD7, Simulation date:
19/02/24 19:51 PVDP (Germany)
with v7.4.5

Predef. graphs
Daily System Output Energy

Array Power Distribution

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 Project: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90
MWp
PVsyst V7.4.5
Variant: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90 MWp
VD7, Simulation date:
19/02/24 19:51 PVDP (Germany)
with v7.4.5

Predef. graphs
System-Ausgangsleistungsverteilung

Kumul. Verteilungsf. (ccdf) Systemertrag

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 Project: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90
MWp
PVsyst V7.4.5
Variant: 240218 Option A12 Longi LR7 HGD 590Wp PCS 90 MWp
VD7, Simulation date:
19/02/24 19:51 PVDP (Germany)
with v7.4.5

Predef. graphs
Array Voltage Distribution

Array Temperature Distribution during running

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VD7, Simulation date:
19/02/24 19:51
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