Solar Power Plant From

People of Japan
Location
Technical Details
Description Details
Rated Capacity 737 kW
Area Covered 2.2512 Hectares
Average daily electricity 3,200 kWh
generation
Panel Arrangement 14 panels x 234 string (3,276 panels)
Type of solar cell Poly- crystalline cells
Operational Details
Description Details
Total generation - 2012 1,156,300 kWh
Average plant factor - 2012 17.76%
Average annual income LKR 16 M
Annual expenditure LKR 2.9 M
Total Project Cost 415 Million (LKR)
Project started on 12th Oct 2010
Project commissioned on 28th Apr 2011
Project contractor LG CNS
Annual diesel saving 210,000 liters
Annual CO2 reduction 610 tons
PV System Diagram of Japan Solar power plant – 737 kW
Opening Ceremony – 18th Mar 2013
Weather Data Monitoring
Sun-tracker Pyranometer Temperature sensor

Wind vane and

anemometer

Rain Gauge
Construction is in Progress
Solar Power Plant From
People of Korea
Technical Details
Description Details
Rated Capacity 500 kW
Area Covered 1. 72 ha
Average daily electricity 2,100 kWh
generation
Panel Arrangement 22 panels x 98 string (2156 panels)
Type of solar cell Mono- crystalline cells
Operational Details
Description Details
Total generation - 2012 1,156,300 kWh
Average plant factor - 2012 17.76%
Average annual income LKR 16 M
Annual expenditure LKR 2.9 M
Total Project Cost 415 Million (LKR)
Project started on 12th Oct 2010
Project commissioned on 28th Apr 2011
Project contractor LG CNS
Annual diesel saving 210,000 liters
Annual CO2 reduction 610 tons
Construction is in Progress
Opening Ceremony – 18th Mar 2013
Variation of the Plant Factor - 2012
Solar Irradiance - 2012

Sun-tracking Pyranometer
MJ/m2
Monthly Generation
July 2011 to Mar 2013
Energy - kWh
Monthly CO2 Reduction
CO2 Reduction - kg
Generation Pattern at Clear Sky
Generation Pattern at Other Days
Cloudy day Cloudy day

Normal Rainy day.. Heavy Rainy day..

Knowledge Sharing
Solar PV Technology Applications

Remote Solar Street Lamps Solar car

lighting

Remote Fencing Solar boat Various

equipments
Solar Thermal Technology Concentrating
Applications Solar Power
Parabolic trough
Solar water heating

Solar Dryers
Solar cookers

Dish engine

Solar distillation Solar desalination

ADVANTAGES OF SOLAR ENERGY
FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION
• Less dependency on fossil fuel
• No harmful emissions
(except in the manufacturing & disposal phase)
• High reliability
• Re-conceptualize distribution of energy/ energy infrastructure
(as it could be cost effective for remote areas)
• End user advantages
o Easy to install
o Less moving parts
o Virtually no maintenance
o Long service period
o Safe and quiet to operate.
• Infinite, inexhaustible and free
• Systems can be easily expanded.
• Production method for Hydrogen economy (Energy Storage)
Power from Sun….. to the Grid
What Happens Inside a PV Module
What are the Types of Solar Cells ?
Among the many types, 3 are most commercially popular.

Monocrystalline Solar Polycrystalline Solar

Amorphous Silicon
Cells Cells

• Cut from a silicon • Cut from a silicon • Solar cell that is

that is grown from a crystal that grows in made by depositing
single crystal multiple directions one or more thin
• More expensive • Slightly lower layers of

• Higher efficiency efficiency photovoltaic material

• Cheaper than on a substrate

monocrystalline • Cheaper than

monocrystalline &
polycrystalline
 System Components

PV Modules Junction Connection Inverters Step up

Boxes Board Transformer

Converts DC
power
Convert Light generated
energy into into AC
electricity
The power
Convert the Conductiong
plant is
current out the
connected to
carrying electricity Maximum
the national
ribbon from generated by Power Point
grid through a
the panel into the solar cell Tracking
1000kVA
cable and/ or with the help
step-up
connectors of cables
transformer

Grid
disconnection
CHALLENGES OF SOLAR ENERGY
•Solar systems are often expensive
• Intermittency
• No power can be generated at night
•Additional infrastructure needs to be built.
•The highest solar concentration is found in areas far away from
populated areas.
•Systems are affected by shading, snowfall, cloud cover, air density,
fog frequency, smog, temperature***, wind, and dirt accumulation.
• Utility scale systems require a large amount of land and water

***temperature coefficient P max is a term specified by manufacturers, e.g. if

a 190 W (mono crystalline) solar panel has the value (–0.48%), it indicates that for each
degree over 25˚C, the maximum power of the panel is reduced by 0.48%.