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PVsyst - Simulation report

Stand alone system

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Variant: Nouvelle variante de simulation
Stand alone system with batteries
System power: 280 kWp
Quartiers Saints - Burkina Faso

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Project summary
Geographical Site Situation Project settings
Quartiers Saints Latitude 12.37 °N Albedo 0.20
Burkina Faso Longitude -1.52 °W
Altitude 303 m

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Time zone UTC

Meteo data
Quartiers Saints
Meteonorm 8.0 (1986-2005), Sat=100 % - Synthétique

System summary
Stand alone system Stand alone system with batteries

PV Field Orientation User's needs

Fixed plane Daily profile
Tilt/Azimuth 15 / 0 ° Constant over the year
Average 995 kWh/Day

System information

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PV Array Battery pack
Nb. of modules 950 units Technology Lithium-ion, LFP
Pnom total 280 kWp Nb. of units 182 units
Voltage 666 V
Capacity 3640 Ah

Results summary
Available Energy 476528 kWh/year Specific production 1700 kWh/kWp/year Perf. Ratio PR 61.79 %
Used Energy 363310 kWh/year Solar Fraction SF 100.00 %

Table of contents
Project and results summary 2
General parameters, PV Array Characteristics, System losses 3

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Detailed User's needs 5
Main results 6
Loss diagram 7
Special graphs 8
Cost of the system 9
Financial analysis 10

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General parameters
Stand alone system Stand alone system with batteries

PV Field Orientation
Orientation Sheds configuration Models used

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Fixed plane No 3D scene defined Transposition Perez
Tilt/Azimuth 15 / 0 ° Diffuse Perez, Meteonorm
Circumsolar separate

User's needs
Daily profile
Constant over the year
Average 995 kWh/Day

Hourly load 0h 1h 2h 3h 4h 5h 6h 7h 8h 9h 10 h 11 h
29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 59.4 95.2 94.8 62.9 kW
12 h 13 h 14 h 15 h 16 h 17 h 18 h 19 h 20 h 21 h 22 h 23 h
62.9 62.9 62.9 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 kW

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PV module
Manufacturer
Model
(Custom parameters definition)
Unit Nom. Power
JAP60-S10-295-SC

295 Wp
PV Array Characteristics

JA Solar
Battery
Manufacturer
Model
Technology
Nb. of units
BYD
B-Box PRO 13.8
Lithium-ion, LFP
14 in parallel x 13 in series
Number of PV modules 950 units Discharging min. SOC 10.0 %
Nominal (STC) 280 kWp Stored energy 2180.5 kWh
Modules 38 Strings x 25 In series Battery Pack Characteristics
At operating cond. (50°C) Voltage 666 V
Pmpp 254 kWp Nominal Capacity 3640 Ah (C10)
U mpp 726 V Temperature Fixed 20 °C
I mpp 350 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) 280 kWp
Total 950 modules
Module area 1598 m²

Array losses
Thermal Loss factor DC wiring losses Serie Diode Loss

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Module temperature according to irradiance
Uc (const)
Uv (wind)

Module Quality Loss

Loss Fraction
20.0 W/m²K
0.0 W/m²K/m/s

-0.8 %
Global array res.
Loss Fraction

Module mismatch losses

Loss Fraction
2.1 mΩ
0.1 % at STC

2.0 % at MPP
Voltage drop
Loss Fraction

Strings Mismatch loss

Loss Fraction
0.7 V
0.1 % at STC

0.1 %

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Array losses
IAM loss factor
Incidence effect (IAM): Fresnel smooth glass, n = 1.526

0° 30° 50° 60° 70° 75° 80° 85° 90°

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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 profile, Constant over the year, average = 995 kWh/day

Hourly load 0h 1h 2h 3h 4h 5h 6h 7h 8h 9h 10 h 11 h
29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 59.4 95.2 94.8 62.9 kW

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12 h 13 h 14 h 15 h 16 h 17 h 18 h 19 h 20 h 21 h 22 h 23 h
62.9 62.9 62.9 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 kW

Daily profile

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Main results
System Production
Available Energy 476528 kWh/year Specific production 1700 kWh/kWp/year
Used Energy 363310 kWh/year Performance Ratio PR 61.79 %
Excess (unused) 101504 kWh/year Solar Fraction SF 100.00 %

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Loss of Load Battery aging (State of Wear)
Time Fraction 0.0 % Cycles SOW 98.3 %
Missing Energy 0 kWh/year Static SOW 90.0 %
Battery lifetime 10.0 years

Economic evaluation
Investment Yearly cost LCOE
Global 775000.00 USD Annuities 0.00 USD/yr Energy cost 0.03 USD/kWh
Specific 2.77 USD/Wp Run. costs 18392.80 USD/yr
Payback period 14.4 years

Normalized productions (per installed kWp) Performance Ratio PR

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Balances and main results

GlobHor GlobEff E_Avail EUnused E_Miss E_User E_Load SolFrac

kWh/m² kWh/m² kWh kWh kWh kWh kWh ratio

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January 153.2 169.1 39961 7408 0.000 30856 30856 1.000
February 150.6 158.1 36679 8042 0.000 27870 27870 1.000
March 181.6 182.1 41445 9722 0.000 30856 30856 1.000
April 185.5 177.9 40595 9728 0.000 29861 29861 1.000
May 185.9 169.8 39361 7572 0.000 30856 30856 1.000
June 181.5 162.4 38185 7468 0.000 29861 29861 1.000
July 191.9 172.2 40817 9094 0.000 30856 30856 1.000
August 173.3 162.2 38458 6656 0.000 30856 30856 1.000
September 172.0 168.7 39591 8808 0.000 29861 29861 1.000
October 174.4 181.5 42223 10533 0.000 30856 30856 1.000
November 159.7 175.7 40810 9941 0.000 29861 29861 1.000
December 146.3 163.2 38401 6529 0.000 30856 30856 1.000
Year 2056.0 2042.9 476528 101504 0.000 363310 363310 1.000

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Legends
GlobHor
GlobEff
E_Avail
EUnused
E_Miss
Global horizontal irradiation
Effective Global, corr. for IAM and shadings
Available Solar Energy
Unused energy (battery full)
Missing energy
E_User
E_Load
SolFrac
Energy supplied to the user
Energy need of the user (Load)
Solar fraction (EUsed / ELoad)

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Loss diagram
2056 kWh/m² Global horizontal irradiation
+2.0% Global incident in coll. plane

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-2.62% IAM factor on global

2043 kWh/m² * 1598 m² coll. Effective irradiation on collectors

efficiency at STC = 17.54% PV conversion

572618 kWh Array nominal energy (at STC effic.)

-0.45% PV loss due to irradiance level

-12.30% PV loss due to temperature

+0.75% Module quality loss

-2.10% Mismatch loss, modules and strings

-0.17% Ohmic wiring loss

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-4.01%
-20.62% Unused energy (battery full)

Effective energy at the output of the array

Converter Loss during operation (efficiency)

-0.02% Converter Loss due to power threshold

0.00% Converter Loss over nominal conv. voltage
0.00% Converter Loss due to voltage threshold
375024 kWh Converter losses (effic, overload)
Missing
Direct use Stored Battery Storage
energy 48.0% 52.0%

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+0.04% Battery Stored Energy balance
0.00%
0.0 kWh
-2.67% Battery efficiency loss

-2.26% Charge/Disch. Current Efficiency Loss

-0.38% Battery Self-discharge Current
363310 kWh Energy supplied to the user

363310 kWh Energy need of the user (Load)

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Special graphs
Diagramme d'entrée/sortie journalier

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Cost of the system

Installation costs

Item Quantity Cost Total

units USD USD

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PV modules
JAP60-S10-295-SC 950 125.00 118750.00
Batteries 182 3000.00 546000.00
Controllers 20000.00
Loan bank charges 950 95.00 90250.00
Total 775000.00
Depreciable asset 684750.00

Operating costs

Item Total
USD/year
Land rent 8000.00

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Bank charges 1000.00
Administrative, accounting 1000.00
Total (OPEX) 10000.00
Including inflation (6.00%) 18392.80

System summary
Total installation cost 775000.00 USD
Operating costs (incl. inflation 6.00%/year) 18392.80 USD/year
Excess energy (battery full) 102 MWh/year
Used solar energy 363 MWh/year
Used energy cost 0.070 USD/kWh

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Financial analysis
Simulation period
Project lifetime 20 years Start year 2025

Income variation over time

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Inflation 6.00 %/year
Production variation (aging) 2.00 %/year
Discount rate 25.00 %/year

Financing
Own funds 75000.00 USD
Subsidies 700000.00 USD

Self-consumption
Consumption tariff 0.0880 USD/kWh
Tariff evolution 0.0 %/year

Return on investment
Payback period 14.4 years
Net present value (NPV) 725.59 USD
Return on investment (ROI) 1.0 %

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Paid dividends 0.00 USD

Detailed economic results (USD)

Run. Self-cons. Cumul. %

costs saving profit amorti.
2025 10000 31971 -57423 23.4%
2026 10600 31971 -43745 41.7%
2027 11236 31971 -33129 55.8%
2028 11910 31971 -24912 66.8%
2029 12625 31971 -18572 75.2%
2030 13382 31971 -13699 81.7%
2031 14185 31971 -9969 86.7%
2032 15036 31971 -7128 90.5%
2033 15938 31971 -4976 93.4%

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2034
2035
2036
2037
2038
2039
2040
16895
17908
18983
20122
21329
22609
23966
31971
31971
31971
31971
31971
31971
31971
-3357
-2149
-1257
-605
-137
192
418
95.5%
97.1%
98.3%
99.2%
99.8%
100.3%
100.6%
2041 25404 31971 566 100.8%
2042 26928 31971 656 100.9%
2043 28543 31971 706 100.9%
2044 30256 31971 726 101.0%
Total 367856 639427 726 101.0%

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Financial analysis
Yearly net profit (USD)

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Cumulative cashflow (USD)

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