Grid connected photovoltaic system Ireland

This paper presents results obtained from monitoring a 1.72 kWp photovoltaic system installed on a flat roof of a 12 m high building in Dublin, Ireland (latitude 53.4°N and longitude 6.3°E). The system was monitor. Am PV module area (m2)Aa PV array area (m2)AC . Electricity generation in Ireland is largely based on exhaustible fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal of which imports in 2008 accounted for 90% of all production. World reserves of thes. The PV system was installed on the rooftop of the Focas Institute building, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland. It consisted of eight modules covering a total area of 10 m2 with an install. The data acquisition system consisted of a Sunny Boy 1700 inverter, Sunny SensorBox and Sunny WebBox. The Sunny SensorBox was used to measure in-plane total solar radiati. 4.1. Weather dataFig. 3 shows monthly average daily total in-plane solar insolation on the PV modules measured from November 2008 to October 2009. The month. In order to analyse the energy related performance of a grid connected PV system, some important parameters are to be computed using data collected during its operation in a giv.Almost all systems installed in Ireland are grid-connected as a solar system will rarely deliver the full electricity requirement for a home for a full year.