**Document:** APL Solar Designer Report
**Application:** 20/01258/B — Installation of 36no. ground level solar panels and 4no. air source heat pumps
**Decision:** Permitted
**Decision Date:** 2021-02-17
**Parish:** Lezayre
**Document Type:** report / planning_statement
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/6804-lezayre-ballanoa-andreas-road-dhoor-solar-panels/documents/1579227

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# APL Solar Designer Report

### Ground Mout System

![map or plan from page 1](https://images.planningportal.im/2020/11/6786619.png)

![map or plan from page 1](https://images.planningportal.im/2020/11/6786621.png)

Andreas Road, Isle of Man, IM7, United Kingdom Sian & Adam Meeuwsen 15 Sep 2020 SYSTEM OVERVIEW 36 PV modules 2 Inverters 36 Optimizers

### Simulation Results

Installed DC Power

12.24kWp

Max Achieved AC Power

10.00kW

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Annual Energy Production

11.14MWh

CO

CO2 Emission Saved

3.13t

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Equivalent Trees Planted

## 144

Max Achieved DC Power

11.95kW

DC/AC Oversizing

119%

Max Active AC Power

10.00kW

Performance Ratio

79%

Performance Index

911kWh/kWp

### Ground Mout System

Andreas Road, Isle of Man, IM7, United Kingdom Sian & Adam Meeuwsen 15 Sep 2020 SYSTEM PRODUCTION CONSUMPTION Total Production - 100 % Total Consumption - 100 %

11.14 MWh

13.81 MWh

Self-consumption - 42 %

Self-consumption - 34 %

11.14

13.81

4.72 MWh

4.72 MWh

MWh

MWh

Export - 58 %

Import - 66 %

6.42 MWh

9.09 MWh

ESTIMATED MONTHLY ENERGY

Solar Production Consumption Self-consumption Clipped Energy

MWh

- 0

- 0.5
- 1

- 1.5
- 2

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total clipped energy: 0.28%

Andreas Road, Isle of Man, IM7, United Kingdom Sian & Adam Meeuwsen 15 Sep 2020 SYSTEM LOSS DIAGRAM Global horizontal irradiance Global irradiance on PV modules Shading irradiance loss

#### Reflection loss Energy after PV conversion

Irradiance level loss Temperature loss Shading electrical loss Yield factor loss Optimizer efficiency loss Module quality loss DC Ohmic wiring loss Energy after DC losses Inverter efficiency loss Inverter clipping loss Produced energy Exported energy

987.00 kWh/m²

12.39 MWh

11.49 MWh

11.14 MWh 6.42 MWh

+16.77%

-9.2%

-3.27%

- -1.78%
- -0.3%
- -3.31%
- -0.46%
- -1.31%

+0.37%

- -0.68%
- -2.7%
- -0.28%

SIMULATION PARAMETERS

LOCATION & GRID

Time zone GMT+1 (Isle_of_Man) Weather station Stranraer (66.68 km away) Station altitude 14 m Station data source Meteonorm 7.1 Grid 400V L-L, 230V L-N Export limit to grid 10 kW

LOSS FACTORS

Near shading Enabled Albedo 0.20 Soiling/Snow 0% Incidence angle modifier (IAM), ASHRAE b0 param. 0.05 Thermal loss factor Uc (const) Flush mount 20 Thermal loss factor Uc (const) Tilted 29 LID loss factor 0% System unavailability 0%

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*Data sourced from the Isle of Man public planning register under the [Isle of Man Open Government Licence](https://www.gov.im/about-this-site/open-government-licence/).*
*Canonical page: https://planningportal.im/a/6804-lezayre-ballanoa-andreas-road-dhoor-solar-panels/documents/1579227*