PVsyst V8.0.

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Standalone system

Project: Proposed 20KVA Solar Installation, Ohvor Delta State for Seplat Energy
Variant: New simulation variant
Standalone with back-up generator
System power: 43.1 kWp

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Ekreka - Nigeria

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 Project: Proposed 20KVA Solar Installation, Ohvor Delta State
for Seplat Energy
PVsyst V8.0.7 Variant: New simulation variant
VC0, Simulation date:
14/03/25 09:59
with V8.0.7

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Geographical Site
Ekreka
Nigeria
Situation
Latitude
Longitude
Altitude
Time zone
Project summary

5.53 °N
6.18 °E

UTC+1
7m
Project settings
Albedo 0.20

Weather data
Ekreka
Meteonorm 8.2, Sat=100% - Synthetic

System summary
Standalone system Standalone with back-up generator

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Orientation #1
Fixed plane
Tilt/Azimuth

System information
PV Array
5/0°
User's needs
Daily household consumers
Constant over the year
Average 294 kWh/Day

Battery pack
Nb. of modules 77 units Technology Lithium-ion, LFP
Pnom total 43.1 kWp Nb. of units 12 units
Voltage 48 V
Capacity 3600 Ah

Results summary

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Useful energy from solar 107169 kWh/year Specific production 1414 kWh/kWp/year Perf. Ratio PR 77.05 %
Missing Energy 0 kWh/year Available solar energy 66168 kWh/year Solar Fraction SF 58.06 %
Excess (unused) 2503 kWh/year

Table of contents
Project and results summary 2
General parameters, PV Array Characteristics, System losses 3
Detailed User's needs 5
Main results 6
Loss diagram 7
Predef. graphs 8

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 Project: Proposed 20KVA Solar Installation, Ohvor Delta State
for Seplat Energy
PVsyst V8.0.7 Variant: New simulation variant
VC0, Simulation date:
14/03/25 09:59
with V8.0.7

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Standalone system

Orientation #1
Fixed plane
Tilt/Azimuth 5/0°
General parameters
Standalone with back-up generator

Sheds configuration
No 3D scene defined
Models used
Transposition
Diffuse
Circumsolar
Perez
Perez, Meteonorm
separate

User's needs
Daily household consumers
Constant over the year
Average 294 kWh/Day

PV Array Characteristics

Model
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PV module
Manufacturer

Unit Nom. Power

Number of PV modules
Nominal (STC)
Generic
JKM-560N-72HL4-BDV
(Original PVsyst database)
560
77
43.1
Wp
units
kWp
Controller
Universal controller
Technology
Temp coeff.
Converter
Maxi and EURO efficiencies
Battery Management control
MPPT converter
-5.0 mV/°C/Elem.

97.0 / 95.0 %

Modules 11 string x 7 In series Threshold commands as SOC calculation

At operating cond. (50°C) Charging SOC = 0.96 / 0.80
Pmpp 39.9 kWp Discharging SOC = 0.10 / 0.35
U mpp 270 V Back-Up Genset Command SOC = 0.15/0.45
I mpp 148 A

Battery Back-up genset

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Manufacturer Generic Manufacturer Generic
Model Luna2000-15-SO, with inverter 5 kW Model 3 kW
Technology Lithium-ion, LFP Nominal power 20 kW
Nb. of units 12 in parallel
Discharging min. SOC 10.0 %
Stored energy 155.5 kWh
Battery Pack Characteristics
Voltage 48 V
Nominal Capacity 3600 Ah (C10)
Temperature External ambient temperature

Total PV power
Nominal (STC) 43 kWp
Total 77 modules

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Module area 199 m²

Array losses
Thermal Loss factor DC wiring losses Serie Diode Loss
Module temperature according to irradiance Global array res. 30 mΩ Voltage drop 0.7 V
Uc (const) 20.0 W/m²K Loss Fraction 1.5 % at STC Loss Fraction 0.2 % at STC
Uv (wind) 0.0 W/m²K/m/s

Module Quality Loss Module mismatch losses Strings Mismatch loss

Loss Fraction -0.8 % Loss Fraction 2.0 % at MPP Loss Fraction 0.2 %

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 Project: Proposed 20KVA Solar Installation, Ohvor Delta State
for Seplat Energy
PVsyst V8.0.7 Variant: New simulation variant
VC0, Simulation date:
14/03/25 09:59
with V8.0.7

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IAM loss factor

1.000
30°
0.999
50°
0.987
60°
0.963
Array losses

Incidence effect (IAM): Fresnel, AR coating, n(glass)=1.526, n(AR)=1.290

0° 70°
0.892
75°
0.814
80°
0.679
85°
0.438
90°
0.000

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 Project: Proposed 20KVA Solar Installation, Ohvor Delta State
for Seplat Energy
PVsyst V8.0.7 Variant: New simulation variant
VC0, Simulation date:
14/03/25 09:59
with V8.0.7

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Nb. Power
W
Use
Hour/day
Detailed User's needs
Daily household consumers, Constant over the year, average = 294 kWh/day

Energy
Wh/day
Hourly distribution

Glo Equipment 1 10740/lamp 24.0 257760

Redline Equipment 1 138/app 24.0 3312
Briscoe VHF Equipment 1 75/app 24.0 1800
Cisco Switch 1 800 tot 24.0 19200
Cisco Router 1 480 tot 24.0 11520
Stand-by consumers 24.0 24
Total daily energy 293616

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 Project: Proposed 20KVA Solar Installation, Ohvor Delta State
for Seplat Energy
PVsyst V8.0.7 Variant: New simulation variant
VC0, Simulation date:
14/03/25 09:59
with V8.0.7

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System Production
Useful energy from solar
Available solar energy
Excess (unused)
Back-Up energy from generator
107169 kWh/year
66168 kWh/year
2503 kWh/year
Main results

Perf. Ratio PR
Solar Fraction SF

Battery aging (State of Wear)

77.05 %
58.06 %

Back-Up energy 46194 kWh/year Cycles SOW 93.9 %

Fuel Consumption 13396 liter/year Static SOW 89.0 %
Battery lifetime 9.1 years

Normalized productions (per installed kWp) Performance Ratio PR

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Balances and main results

January
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February
March
April
GlobHor
kWh/m²
155.5
132.2
161.4
167.1
GlobEff
kWh/m²
156.8
131.4
158.7
161.8
E_Avail
MWh
5.78
4.80
5.80
5.97
EUnused
MWh
0.065
0.047
0.126
0.254
E_BkUp
MWh
3.56
3.72
3.65
3.33
E_User
MWh
9.10
8.22
9.10
8.81
E_Load
MWh
9.10
8.22
9.10
8.81
SolFrac
ratio
0.617
0.561
0.609
0.633
May 164.6 156.9 5.79 0.275 3.80 9.10 9.10 0.593
June 140.6 133.3 4.97 0.072 4.13 8.81 8.81 0.544
July 141.6 134.3 5.00 0.190 4.48 9.10 9.10 0.519
August 144.9 139.4 5.18 0.276 4.44 9.10 9.10 0.526
September 144.2 140.6 5.21 0.493 4.29 8.81 8.81 0.525
October 159.2 158.0 5.84 0.462 3.94 9.10 9.10 0.578
November 157.1 158.6 5.86 0.227 3.41 8.81 8.81 0.623

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December 159.3 161.8 5.97 0.016 3.43 9.10 9.10 0.636
Year 1827.7 1791.6 66.17 2.503 46.19 107.17 107.17 0.581

Legends
GlobHor Global horizontal irradiation E_User Energy supplied to the user
GlobEff Effective Global, corr. for IAM and shadings E_Load Energy need of the user (Load)
E_Avail Available Solar Energy SolFrac Solar fraction (EUsed / ELoad)
EUnused Unused energy (battery full)
E_Miss Missing energy

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 Project: Proposed 20KVA Solar Installation, Ohvor Delta State
for Seplat Energy
PVsyst V8.0.7 Variant: New simulation variant
VC0, Simulation date:
14/03/25 09:59
with V8.0.7

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Loss diagram

+0.4%

-2.4%
Global horizontal irradiation
Global incident in coll. plane

IAM factor on global

1792 kWh/m²
* 199 m² coll. Effective irradiation on collectors

efficiency at STC = 21.68% PV conversion

77253 kWh Array nominal energy (at STC effic.)

-0.6% PV loss due to irradiance level

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-7.6% PV loss due to temperature

+0.8% Module quality loss

-2.1% Mismatch loss, modules and strings

-1.3% Ohmic wiring loss

69075 kWh Array virtual energy at MPP

-3.6% Unused energy (battery full)

Back-up generator
-4.2% Converter Loss during operation (efficiency)
44951 kWh
63665 kWh Converter output
Battery Storage
Direct use Stored +0.1% Battery Stored Energy balance

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59.7% 40.3%

-1.0% Battery efficiency loss

62218 kWh Energy from the sun
107169 kWh Energy supplied to the user

107169 kWh Energy need of the user (Load)

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for Seplat Energy
PVsyst V8.0.7 Variant: New simulation variant
VC0, Simulation date:
14/03/25 09:59
with V8.0.7

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Daily Input/Output diagram

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