Performance Analysis and Comparison of Performance Ratio of Solar Power Plant

Year 2024, Volume: 4 Issue: 3, 190 - 199, 31.10.2024

Cem Haydaroglu , Heybet Kılıç , Bilal Gümüş

https://doi.org/10.5152/tepes.2024.24009

https://izlik.org/JA78JY74BS

Abstract

Significant advancements have been made in the field of renewable energy worldwide. In light of these improvements, renewable energy will meet a substan- tial part of Türkiye’s energy needs in the future. Solar energy is abundantly present in many parts of the country, and grid-connected solar photovoltaic (SPV) power plants are gaining increasing importance. In the present study, the performance analysis of a 250 kWp solar power plant built at the Dicle University was performed in accordance with the performance criteria in the standard IEC 61724. Final yield, reference yield, and performance ratio were detected to vary from 1.94 to 5.98 kWh/kWp-day, 2.1 to 8.88 kWh/kWp-day, and 58 to 99%, respectively. The average annual performance ratio, capacity factor, and system efficiency were observed to be 83%, 1.23%, and 97.6%, respectively. This study also presents the calculated performance parameters along with such values as energy generation, global radiation, temperature, wind, and sunshine duration of the period concerned. The results presented provide insight into the long- term performance of the solar power plant under actual working conditions in Türkiye. The obtained results were also compared with the performance ratios of solar power plants (SPP) in other countries as reported in the literature. Thus, the performance ratios of SPP in different countries were comparatively assessed.

Keywords

IEC 61724 , performance analysis , solar energy.

Supporting Institution

This research is supported by the Research Projects Committee of Dicle University (DUBAP) with the project numbers MUHENDISLIK.19.005. and MUHENDISLIK.20.002. The authors are grateful to DUBAP for the support.

Project Number

MUHENDISLIK.19.005. and MUHENDISLIK.20.002.

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