Title :
Modelling and performance assessment of large scale solar photovoltaic plants in rural Australia
Author :
Zieland, Lucas ; Rajakaruna, Sumedha ; Liyanage, Diana
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Curtin Univ., Perth, WA, Australia
fDate :
Sept. 29 2013-Oct. 3 2013
Abstract :
A solar photovoltaic plant model has been developed for the comparison of annual energy output of different plants. The solar plant model has been designed to only require climate data commonly available in rural Australia and includes consideration of nonlinear efficiencies within solar photovoltaic systems. The comparative annual energy output of different photovoltaic technologies was identified and the effects of nonlinear efficiencies were examined.
Keywords :
photovoltaic power systems; climate data; cloud cover; large scale solar photovoltaic plant; rural Australia; Approximation methods; Bills of materials; Equations; Mathematical model; Photovoltaic systems; Testing; Cloud Cover; Crystalline Cells; Insolation Model; Inverter Efficiency; Photovoltaic; Temperature Model; Thin-Film Cells;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), 2013 Australasian Universities
Conference_Location :
Hobart, TAS
DOI :
10.1109/AUPEC.2013.6725424
