if i was a saleman i would tell you 22000kw but you would be lucky to get half
Can anyone give me a rough idea on this ?
A 5kw grid system in Melbourne...... what would its approx annual output be in Kw's ?
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if i was a saleman i would tell you 22000kw but you would be lucky to get half
If it is facing North and has Zero Shade , using good quality panels on a good quality inverter it should make 7300Kwh per yeah +/- 10%
If it is using Lucky Dragon rubbish components you will probably do close to the same for around 12 to 18 months until the panels start blistering and going yellow or the inverter explodes .
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Sanity, my 1.5kw system on these spring days is generating on average 6-7kw per day. North facing panels no shade. I have seen then generate 1.6kw in feburary this year at one stage. Was getting close to 10kw per day then.
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I have seen a few figures quoted on whirlpool but just wanted to check roughly what it would be as they tend to have some dick pulling competions there at times
Not sure if this offer is of value to you but it lists the daily output in all states vs. system size.
I have a 1 KW system and I am considering what the return on investment i would see if I expanded my system prior to the expiry of the 66 cent feed in in Victoria at the end of September for systems ordered after that date.
i suspect I am better off paying the power company.
Last edited by SystemRat; 05-09-11 at 07:18 PM.
That's pretty much on the mark , you can safely allow 4kwh per 1kw of installed panels averaged over the entire year , some days will be 2Kwh , some days 10Kwh but these numbers aren't important it's only the yearly average.
Any Shade will dramatically effect these figures.
Ain't that the truth !! , always best to err on the conservative side than on the side of output figure on brand new panels that should be producing the best they ever will.
You know mate a bit like a bride , it's the best they will ever get , it's all down hill from then :lol
porkop (07-09-11)
I did my own install/design using sharp pannels and sharp inverter 1.6Kw. Been in for 56 days now. 406 kW average is 7.25 kW hours/day
If I want too,I can, I will
calculation rule of thumb if your panels are mounted at the correct inclination and orientation for your latitude i.e. Perth 32° degrees latitude north facing ( an angle of approximately 32° is the best, but anywhere between 20° and 40° is optimal for around a 90% efficiency) approximately 32° inclination you should expect to see yearly average 4.5 times your kw installation. A directly East or West facing panel will never operate at better than 85% of its rated output. also expect 1% los each year due to natural degradation.
From this you can see 1 kw installation correctly installed in Perth should expect to get an yearly average of 4.5 KW per day.
Melbourne is app 38° and falls in the 20° and 40°
Last edited by bigboy; 25-09-11 at 03:21 PM.
In southern victoria a 5kw system will make about 7.5 MW per year.
As low as 13kw/day in Winter, up to 35kw/day in summer.
If you run a small aquarium motor pump recycling water into a 44gal drum hooked up as a drip feed system to cool behind the panels in summer you will make up to 20% more power....(a proven fact.)
In Melbourne just multiply a correctly setup system by a factor 4.5 then the number of days and it will be pretty spot on.
(5kwx4.20x365=7665kw)
Last edited by Kirra; 26-09-11 at 06:03 PM.
This would depend on the particular charactoristics of the panels installed
Some example data
Cell Temp is usually approx 25C above ambient temp (rule of thumb) Therefore cell temp @ 70C is approx ambient temp of 45C
STC is standard test conditions - cell temp 25C there ambient temp 0C
Thin Film Kaneka HB110(110W Pannel) at various cell temps and their Pmp(max power point) very little change in current, heat has a greater effect on voltage
0C 119W 25C (STC) 110W 70C 93W
Mono Jinko JK190M (190W Panel) at various cell temps
0C 212W 25C(STC) 190W 70C 149W
Hybrid Sanyo HIP215NKE1 (215W Panel)
0C 231W 25C(STC) 215W 70C 185W
Therefore to get a 20% gain in output the actual cell temp will have to be reduced by quite a lot or by using panels with a very poor temp coefficient.
If I want too,I can, I will
Sounds to me like a hippy dope smoking non BCSE "accreditted" installer of the Nimbin mob to me.
Your BP panels have a temp coef similar to the Jinko panels so the results would be very similar. Work it out if you don't believe me!!
In other words the facts just don't stack up to support your claim.
The amount of water needed to cool down an entire array's cell temps by at least 25deg C would not come from a fish tank pump.
Don't waste your time doing this at home boys and girls as it won't work!!
One would think by now you would understand the charactoristics of them and the effects on heating and cooling.
Last edited by HoochDaTank; 27-09-11 at 06:39 PM.
If I want too,I can, I will
Hi Sanity, If you want to get a reasonably accurate estimate use the following Choose AUS Melbourne from the dropdown in the bottom right corner and hit Start PVWatts for International Sites. On the next screen fill in the kWatts, use 0.9 for the DC to AC Derate factor and put in your roof pitch for array tilt. Hit calculate and you have a reasonable estimate.
Hope this helps
HoochDaTank (29-09-11)
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