The Effects of Intermittent Solar Radiation in Off-grid Solar Power System A Case Study of Two Cities; Sacramento, CA and Miami, FL 'Worst Month' method
This study illustrates the impact of the solar radiation by comparing the design of two off-grid PV systems installed in two different locations have same annual average solar irradiation (insolation) values at fixed tilt angle. The case study selected the city of Sacramento, CA and Miami, FL. The monthly average Irradiation values in Sacramento are very diverse where the minimum, average and maximum values are spaced compared with the values in Miami which have no significant variation of solar irradiation from month to month. Comparing the Design of the two different systems will reflect the impact of the sporadic solar insolation on the rating values for the components of each system, which is affecting PV system cost. The design assumes the same load based and the worst case scenario of the solar irradiation. Each system will consist of PV modules, charge controller, power inverter and batteries
