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Performance evaluation is important for the development of the photovoltaic industry and determines possibility for power generation in a given site. The performance analysis executed at STC cannot be real representative of the outdoor area conditions. Therefore, the International Electro-technical commission (IEC) has offered standard performance standards. These performance parameters are used to monitor the long-term performance of PV systems under outdoor conditions. The performance of PV modules is always specified by the region.
The results presented in this study consist of the data recorded during the year 2019 for PV plant of Adrar in the southern Algeria. The parameters recorded include total module in-plane irradiation, ambient temperature and final energy output. The acquired data were obtained at 15 min intervals, from which the hourly, weekly, monthly and other derived performance parameters were determined. A 20 MW photovoltaic power plant commissioned at Adrar southern of Algeria is one of the largest solar power plants with the site receiving a good average solar radiation up to 5.7 kWh/m2/day and annual average temperature of about 26 ℃. In this study the annual performance of the solar PV plant is elaborated. The various types of power losses and performance ratio are also calculated. The final yield (YF) of plant ranged from 4.6 to 5.61 h/day, and annual average performance ratio (PR) of 70.72% with the total annual energy generation of 36855.58 MW h.
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Benabdelkrim, B., Ghaitaoui, T., Benatillah, A. (2022). Performance Assessment of Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Plant in the Desert Environment of Southern Algeria (Adrar). In: Hatti, M. (eds) Artificial Intelligence and Heuristics for Smart Energy Efficiency in Smart Cities. IC-AIRES 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 361. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92038-8_33
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