Is Your Roof Suitable for Installing a Photovoltaic Power Generation System

Is Your Roof Suitable for Installing a Photovoltaic Power Generation System

Installing distributed photovoltaic solar power stations is not new. Do you know how to estimate installed capacity when installing rooftop solar photovoltaic power stations?

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Calculate installed capacity based on roof area

Under normal circumstances, each module is 280 watts, and the module specifications are: length 1164mm, width 992mm. We estimate how much photovoltaic system can be installed on our roof, which can be calculated according to the following formula:

1. Fixed on the cement flat roof: installed capacity = 100 watts/square meter × roof area.

2. Fixed on the color steel or tile roof: installed capacity = 150 watts/square meter × roof area.

3. Use elevated columns to install in the courtyard to realize active tracking: installed capacity = 110 watts/square meter × (length from east to west of the courtyard × 5 meters).

If a distributed photovoltaic solar power station is installed on the roof of an industrial and commercial factory building with steel structure and color steel tiles, generally only the south-facing side is covered with photovoltaic solar power generation panels. (1MW=1000KW) The project needs to use an area of 10,000 square meters.

If it is a brick-and-tiled roof of a residential villa, the unsheltered roof area will be covered with photovoltaic solar power generation panels in general from 08:00 to 16:00. Although the installation method of the distributed household solar photovoltaic power station is slightly different from that of the color steel tile roof Different, but the area ratio is similar, and 1KW occupies an area of about 10㎡. That is to say, a villa roof with a relatively large area (100~150㎡) can probably install about 10KW of distributed rooftop solar photovoltaic power stations, and the average annual power generation for 25 years is about 10,000~15,000 kwh.

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If it is a flat concrete roof, in order to design the best fixed horizontal inclination, there needs to be a certain distance between each row of photovoltaic solar power generation panels to ensure that it is not blocked by the shadow of the front row of photovoltaic solar power generation panels, so the entire distributed photovoltaic solar power station project occupies The roof area will be larger than the color steel tiles and villa roofs that can realize the tiling of photovoltaic solar panels. 1KW occupies a roof area of about 15-20㎡, that is, a 1MW project needs to use an area of 15,000-20,000㎡.

Understanding the Power Generation of a Photovoltaic System

For ordinary households, installing a 3-5 kW photovoltaic power generation system can meet daily electricity needs.

For example:

Fixed installations in Hunan are calculated on the basis of 1460 power generation hours per year; active tracking installations by time periods are calculated on the basis of 1890 power generation hours per year.

Fixed installation of a 5 kW system generates an average of 20 degrees a day, and can reach 24 degrees or more when the weather is good;

Install a 5kW system that can be actively tracked. The average daily power generation is 26 degrees, and it can reach more than 30 degrees when the weather is good.

Based on this, you can estimate how much capacity can be installed on your roof, and how much electricity your home solar photovoltaic power station can generate. There are guidelines for estimating household photovoltaic power generation. As long as you choose high-quality power station components and maintain your home solar power generation system, you can start to enjoy the convenience brought by the solar system.

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