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| A Workflow to Analyze The Impact of Terrain Undulations on Energy Yield for Different Motor Block Sizes Umay Akkoseoglu1, Mark Mikofski1, Billy Hayes2. 1DNV Energy Services USA, Oakland, CA, USA.2Array Technologies Inc, Albuquerque, NM, USA |
Abstract
With the increasing need for land for new sites in the recent years, photovoltaic systems are being installed in locations with higher undulation and complex terrain rather than flat land. It is common to use single tracker row motor-block sizes with the assumption that will yield the highest possible energy while it is costly. In this work, we quantify the impact of different terrain undulations on the energy yield for different motor-block size scenarios. While smaller motor-block sizes can yield higher energy gains in areas with pronounced terrain variation, the incremental benefit diminishes after a certain grade variation threshold. Index Terms—tracker, custom rotations, undulated terrain
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