Floating Solar PV Project at Raja Pokhar

Talab under BREDA

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SITE DETAILS

Locations Specific Details Details of Proposed Site

Reservoir Ownership BREDA
Reservoir area for project 100 x 100 sq. m
Site Co-ordinates Latitude: 26.176678 ° N
Longitude: 86.769984 ° E
Project Site Location
Talab: Raja Pokhar
Village: Sakhua
District: Supaul
State: Bihar
Distance from nearest LT Evacuation ~ 20 Meter (Beside of Talab)
Distance from nearest PSS & GSS PSS: Arial: ~3.3 km (For Pipra Pooling substation)
GSS Arial: ~19 km (For Supaul Grid substation)
Nearest Bus Stop Pipra Bus stop (~6 km)
Saharsa (~ 55 km)
Nearest Major City
Patna (~280 km)

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 SITE DETAILS - IMAGES

Water level maintains at site is minimum of 1 meter at all the times.

Maximum water level depth is 2 meters.
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SITE DETAILS - IMAGES

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SEISMIC ZONE AND TEMPERATURE DETAILS

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FLOATING SOLAR TECHNOLOGY

Advantages of Opting Floating Solar PV Project

 Cooling - Solar panels become less efficient as they get hot. Water from the ponds
cools the panels, maintaining optimal operating temperature, which can improve
performance.
 Algal bloom - Reduced sunlight penetration lowers the potential for blue-green algae
growth.
 Evaporation - A significant benefit for countries where water resources are scarce – the
reduction of water evaporation from the water body can be considerable as the
reservoir’s effective surface area is reduced. The increased shading reduces
evaporation and saves water. Solar panels could potentially reduce evaporation by 75%.
 Low environmental impact: The project does not imply any excavation work and no
water quality degradation
 Availability of land – A big concern. Planning to put a floating PV in dam reservoirs, it
can make better use of the reservoir surface, which is anyway lying idle;
 Less civil infrastructure work -Floating systems do not require thousands of metal
frames to be fixed to ground with undulating and varying conditions, meaning that an
array can be assembled more quickly. Furthermore, the decommissioning of a floating
system is far more straightforward and cheaper.
 In dam reservoir-based hydro power plants, solar power can substitute hydro based
generation during daytime when sun is available. In such a case, the stored water in the
reservoir will serve as an effective energy storage system;

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 CAPACITY ESTIMATION FOR FLOATING PV SOLAR

Assumption:
Module Capacity Plant DC Capacity % Coverage
S. No.
(in Wp) (in kWp) Area 1. AC Capacity will be changed according to
ratings of Inverter. DC Capacity may vary
1 335 525.28 57.39 (±1%).

2 335 457.20 50 2. We are considering Case-1 which is 525.28

kWp DC Capacity with 57.39% Coverage Ratio
3 335 410.30 45
of Talab.
4 335 353.70 40

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 DESIGN AND SIMULATION PROJECTIONS BY PVSYST V7.0

• PVSyst tool is one of the most accepted design tool for the study, sizing, simulation and data analysis of
complete PV systems. Solar Industry used this tool to generate the most realistic energy yield simulation results, which
are detailed in this report.

Main features of PVSyst are:

 Detailed computation of the used components (modules, inverters, etc.)

 Simulation on hourly basis and detailed evaluation and consideration of different loss factors.

 Calculation of arbitrary orientated module planes.

 Most accepted and used tool to generate simulation results for PV systems, as the results are based on systematic and
refined approach.

 Program with the most accurate results and functions available in the market.

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 ASSUMPTION OF ENERGY GENERATION ASSESSMENT

S. No. Technical Losses Proposed Site Values

1 Incident Angle Modifier -1.54%
2 Near Shading Loss -0.39%
3 Soiling Loss -1.00%
4 Loss due to Irradiance Level -0.64%
5 PV loss due to Module Temperature -8.22%
6 Module Quality Loss 0%
7 LID -2.00%
8 Module Array Mismatch -0.50%
9 DC Ohmic Wiring Loss -1.50%
10 Inverter Loss during Operation -0.91%
11 Inverter Loss over Nominal Inverter Power 0%
12 AC Ohmic Losses -1.50%
13 System Unavailability -1.00%
   

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 ASSUMED PVSYST LOSSES JUSTIFICATION

Justification for losses considered

Parameter Measure Justification
PVSyst Version 7.0 Latest version of PVSyst simulation tool has been used.
Tilt angle Fixed Tilt: 5o For fixed tilt, the mentioned tilt angles came out to be optimized angles.

Pitch 1.20 m Considering the water body usage and generation optimization, the pitch value given here came out to be optimal.

Near shading is caused by inter row distance and due to tall objects like control rooms and lightening arrestors. For shading from tall
Near Shading Loss -0.39% objects, sufficient spaces should be left by conducting a shadow estimation study so as to keep the PV array shadow free during
generation hours. The near shading loss due to inter row spacing is however determined by PVSyst as per the design pitch considered.

IAM loss accounts for losses in radiation penetrating the front glass of the PV modules due to angles of incidence other than
Incident Angle Modifier
-1.54% perpendicular. The loss figures is a module dependent parameter and is calculated by the PVsyst as per the module chosen and the
(IAM) Loss
change in tilt.

This is the loss due to dust and bird droppings on the PV modules depending on the environmental conditions, rainfall frequency and
on the plant’s O&M module cleaning strategy.
Soiling Losses -1.00%
A typical annual dust reduction factor considered for this project is 99% or 0.99 accounting for marginal 1% loss due to regular
availability of water so we can regularly clean module so the shading loss also reduce.

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 ASSUMED PVSYST LOSSES JUSTIFICATION

Justification for losses considered

Parameter Measure Justification
The characteristics of a PV module are determined at standard temperature conditions of 25˚C. Considering the temperature
Module Temperature Loss -8.22% coefficient of the 335 Wp Adani Solar modules selected, the module performance decreases by -0.37% for every degree Celsius rise
in cell temperature.

First Year Module

The performance of PV modules degrades over the time. The degradation is most significant during few hours of first exposure of PV
Degradation (under Light
-2.0% modules to light. This phenomenon is known as Light Induced Degradation (LID). Other than the LID, the modules undergo a very
Induced Degradation
gradual degradation on a yearly basis, known as annual degradation.
(LID)

Mismatch losses represent the mismatch in current/ voltage of modules in a string due to statistical variations. Typically, the mismatch
Module Array Mismatch losses are considered as 0.5-1%. However, the loss can be reduced by sorting the modules as per current before factory dispatch.
-0.5%
Loss The modules will be supplied at the site with a 5-bin current sorting, which will effectively reduce the mismatch losses which will be an
added advantage.

DC Ohmic Wiring Loss -1.5%
Inverter Loss during
-0.91%
Operation (Efficiency)
Electrical resistance in the wires between the power available at the modules and at the terminals of the array gives rise to ohmic
losses (I²R).
Inverters convert power from DC into AC at a certain efficiency. This results in a loss of power during conversion from AC to DC. The
efficiency curves are inverter dependent. In our case, the inverters considered are 100 kW Sungrow inverters, which have one of the
largest operational deployment in India.

This includes ohmic losses in the cable from inverter leading to the substation and depends on the sizing of cables during the design.
AC Ohmic Losses -1.50%
During the design of the plants, the AC cable sizing has been done in such a way that the losses do not exceed 1.0% in the AC side.
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