Assignment Overview - Today's laboratory will explore using SAM for simulating PV outputs in Invercargill for different panel orientations and ground coverage ratios.
Part One: Obtain the energy plus weather data for Invercargill. Compare with other locations that you have in SAM in terms of GHI and other metrics you think may be relevant.
Part Two: Using the PV Watts, LCOE Model option, run simulations for PV panels using the default settings (20kW, losses, GCR). Use a ground coverage area of 0.4.
Part Three: Assume you only have a limited area of flat ground available for the PV panels. Explore how ground coverage ratio impacts production and cost of electricity. Discuss how you would optimize this in a real-world situation.
1. How does Invercargill compare with other locations in NZ and globally in terms of solar resource and any other metrics?
GHI
Other metrics (specify)
Why did you choose these metrics
2. Populate the table with as many rows of data as makes sense to you
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3. Populate the table with as many rows of data as makes sense to you
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Discuss you would trade this off for a real world situation where you have a limited area available and boundaries that might constrain alignment (to North-South for example).