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Distributed Renewable Energy Operating Impacts and Valuation Study

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Appendix F<br />

Figure F-2. SAM Input Screen - Commercial<br />

F.5 Typical Photovoltaic System Performance in the Phoenix Area<br />

Photovoltaic systems in the Phoenix area have a wide range of performance. Based on various<br />

reports, the annual performance in kilowatt-hours per DC kilowatt per year vary from about 1300<br />

to 1800 kWh per kW DC . (This ratio is sometimes called Final Annual Yield or FAY.)<br />

Results from APS’s customer-installed PV systems were not available, so a number of other<br />

sources were consulted. For example:<br />

1. A letter report from S<strong>and</strong>ia National Laboratories implies about 1300 kWh/kW DC per year.<br />

2. An APS/S<strong>and</strong>ia paper showing data from 1998 through 2003 on APS-owned <strong>and</strong> operated<br />

PV systems lists the following Final Annual Yields:<br />

– Fixed Horizontal 1324 kWh/kW DC<br />

– Fixed Latitude Tilt 1479 kWh/kW DC<br />

F-4 | R. W. Beck, Inc. Arizona Public Service

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