A one year performance evaluation of an amorphous grid connected pv system facade mounted at Bou-Ismail, Algeria

Abstract

This paper treats one year monitoring of a 2.4 kWp amorphous grid connected PV system facade mounted at UDES’ site located at BouIsmaïl (latitude 36.66, longitude 2.71), Algeria, in a coastal zone of Mediterranean Sea. The operational and meteorological data are collected between January 2016 and November 2016. During the monitoring period, the PV system has generated about 850kWh with a daily average energy of 3.25 kWh/d. The daily average of the final yield, the performance ratio and the capacity factor are 1.35h/d, 0.57 and 6.29% respectively. The capture and system losses are 0.87h/d and 0.15h/d respectively.