Mills Engineering SPRING HOPE SOLAR Form xxx

1649 Smugglers Cove BASE CASE

Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 KJMills, PE
410 739-2127
SOLAR PROJECT SIZING
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DERATE FACTOR Component Accepta SOLAR PANEL
Derate Values Range Manufacturer GE
PV module nameplate DC rating 0.95 0.80 - 1.05 Model
Inverter and Transformer 0.97 0.88 - 0.98 Crystal
Mismatch 0.98 0.97 - 0.995 Rating (watt) 185
Diodes and connections 0.995 0.99 - 0.997 Length 39.60
DC wiring 0.98 0.97 - 0.99 Width 25.70 Area (ft2) 7.1
AC wiring 0.99 0.98 - 0.993 Thickness (in.) 2.3
Soiling 0.95 0.30 - 0.995 Weight (lbs) lbs / ft2 roof load
System availability 0.98 0.00 - 0.995 Design Fall-Off Voltage 13.2
Shading 1 0.00 - 1.00
Sun-tracking 0.95 0.95 - 1.00
Age 1 0.70 - 1.00
OVERALL DC to AC derate factor 0.771

NREL'ss PVWATTS VIEWER

NREL INVERTER SIZING
1 Axis Tracking
Array Tilt 35.9
Solar AC
Radiation Energy
Month (kWh/m2/day) (kWh)
Jan 4.08 19319
Feb 4.57 19376
Mar 5.63 25644
Apr 6.07 25980
May 5.95 25370
Jun 6.07 24706
Jul 5.61 23488
Aug 5.22 21939
Sep 5.61 23193
Oct 5.42 23874
Nov 4.33 19022
Dec 3.90 18080
Year 5.21 269991

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