IEA PVPS Task 2 Performance Database Example
Plant name : Reinheimer
Start of plant operation : 1993
Type of plant : Stand-alone hybrid
Type of use : Rural electrification
Mounting : Freestanding
Nominal peak power : 1 kW
Location : Remote hut in the Pyrenees
Country : France

Year       1994   1995              
Availability of monitored data 1.00 1.00 AMD [ ]
Meteorology          
Annual irradiation, 
in array plane		 1 320 1 268 Hi [kWh/mē]
System Energies          
Annual a.c. energy output 0 0 EIO [kWh]
PV array fraction 0.79 0.85 FA [ ]
System performance Indices          
Daily reference yield 3.62 3.47 Yr [kWh/kW]
Daily final yield 1.76 2.01 Yf [kWh/kW]
Daily array capture losses 1.65 1.29 Lc [kWh/kW]
Daily system losses 0.21 0.18 Ls [kWh/kW]
Annual performance Ratio 0.49 0.58 PR [ ]
Annual array efficiency 5.1 5.9 hA [%]
Annual overall plant efficiency 4.6 5.4 htot [%]

 
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