SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY THROUGH EMPIRICAL DERIVATION WITH THE AID OF A DIGITAL COMPUTER
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Nov 2, 2023
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Jul 3, 2023
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Jul 25, 2011
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The accuracy of photovoltaic simulation modeling is predicated upon the selection of a type of solar resource data appropriate to the form of simulation desired. Photovoltaic power simulation requires irradiance data. Photovoltaic energy simulation requires normalized irradiation data. Normalized irradiation is not always available, such as in photovoltaic plant installations where only point measurements of irradiance are sporadically collected or even entirely absent. Normalized irradiation can be estimated through several methodologies, including assuming that normalized irradiation simply equals irradiance, directly estimating normalized irradiation, applying linear interpolation to irradiance, applying linear interpolation to clearness index values, and empirically deriving irradiance weights. The normalized irradiation can then be used to forecast photovoltaic fleet energy production.
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