Solar designers and environmental managers will have the opportunity in 2017 to learn the secrets of expert solar system design, modelling and financial forecasting. Anamise will teach their innovative, data-driven solar system sizing methods. The continuous professional development course is now open for registration with the first participants scheduled to commence in May 2017. If you would like more information about the course click here.
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Secret 1: What is the correct method for sizing a commercial solar system?
It is a necessity per Section 9.1 of the ‘30 – 100 KW DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR ACCREDITED INSTALLERS’ document published by the Clean Energy Council that commercial solar systems are sized correctly based on their commercial load profile.
“it is critical that system sizing is performed correctly and is customized to the specific site load profile.” – Section 9.1 of the ‘30 – 100 KW DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR ACCREDITED INSTALLERS’
However, there is an absence of a clear, easy to follow and unambiguous method or tool that can be used to ensure the most effective and efficient solar system design solution. Competing software solutions only provide results after the user specifies constant values for the system design parameters and do NOT provide the user with optimal design specifications. With Anamise, you will add extra value to your solar investment by optimising the solar system size, orientation and tilt. This is a major improvement to competing solar financial forecasting and design software.
Figure 1: Graph showing value of different solar system sizes ensuring designers choose the most appropriate system size.
Secret 2: Use the Sun’s energy when you need it most!
Figure 2: Examples of How Energy Is Used at Different Times of the Day
We all know the sun rises in the East and sets in the West! Take advantage of this information by orientating your panels to match your electricity usage profile.
Secret 3: 30-minute electricity usage data is free from your network provider.
Nearly every commercial site has 30-minute electricity usage information available to help you size your solar system correctly. This information can help you figure out things like:
- How will maximum 30-minute demand charges decrease?
- Does our site use electricity at the same time that solar is produced?
- What seasons do we use the most amount of electricity?
Learning to overlay expected solar generation over a historical electricity usage profile can greatly help with the data storytelling of your solar system design or investment.
Gold: Maximium Theoretical Solar Generation
Red: Historical Electricity Usage Profile
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