Large PV Farms

[AljazG]

Dear all,

I have a question, if there is any possibility to simulate large PV Farms bigger then 7500 or 10000 PV panels?

Thank you.

Aljaz

[developer_mh]

Dear Aljaz,

you can simulate very large PV farms in the 2D mode, no problem. We recommend to make a pre-simulation in 3D with a subset of the modules, e.g. with 1000, depending on your PV farm layout and setup. Then simulate it and write down the yield reduction due to shading:

 

Then configure your complete PV farm in the 2D mode and enter the shading loss from the 3D simulation as shading loss in 2D:

 

Or, follow point 3) from this answer here, but at your own risk:

 

 

Hope that helps, kind regards,

Martin