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3 years ago

Software for solar energy planning overestimates potential, underestimates output.

International journal of energy and environmental engineering
Accuracy analysis of software for the estimation and planning of photovoltaic installations
Petros J. Axaopoulos, Emmanouil D. Fylladitakis, Konstantinos Gkarakis

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The article examines the accuracy of software used for planning and estimating solar energy systems. Six different software packages were tested against real data from a 19.8 kWp photovoltaic installation. Results show that the software tends to overestimate sunlight but underestimates the energy generated by the system.