Performance of off-grid PV systems
PVGIS-5 estimates of solar electricity generation
Provided inputs Outline of horizon at chosen location:
Latitude/Longitude: 25.285, 51.193 Slope angle: 35 °
Horizon: Calculated Azimuth angle 0°
Database used: PVGIS-SARAH Simulation outputs
PV installed: 450 Wp Percentage days with full battery: 99.52 %
Battery capacity: 550 Wh Percentage days with empty battery: 0.5 %
Cutoff limit: 40 % Average energy not captured: 1642.61 Wh
Consumption per day: 390 Wh Average energy missing: 45.77 Wh
Power production estimate for off-grid PV:
Monthly average performance
Month E_d E_l f_f f_e
January 389.0 1428.3 98.7 1.6
February 389.9 1611.1 99.4 0.6
March 390.0 1668.4 99.7 0.3
Battery performance for off-grid PV system: April 390.0 1617.3 99.7 0.3
May 390.3 1650.3 100.0 0.0
June 390.1 1654.7 100.0 0.0
July 390.0 1631.7 100.0 0.0
August 389.7 1722.3 100.0 0.0
September 389.9 1854.3 100.0 0.0
October 389.7 1825.4 100.0 0.0
November 389.7 1516.3 99.2 1.1
December 388.5 1439.5 97.6 2.1
E_d: Average energy production per day [Wh/day].
E_l: Average energy not captured per day [Wh/day].
f_f: percentage of days when battery became full [%].
f_e: percentage of days when battery became empty [%].
Probability of battery charge state at the end of the day: Cs Cb
40-46 0.0
46-52 1.0
52-58 11.0
58-64 15.0
64-70 11.0
70-76 5.0
76-82 4.0
82-88 5.0
88-94 4.0
94-100 43.0
Cs: Charge state at the end of each day [%].
Cb: percentage of days with this charge state [%].
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