Power optimizer and simulation according to module layout

[sirihar]

Is it possible to perform a detailed simulation according to module layput, when using the SolarEdge inverter and power optimizers?

If not: Will this be possible in the future?

I'm using the version 6.19.

[André Mermoud]

In the present version, the electrical shading effect is supposed to be null (or negligible) with the SolarEdge architecture.

This is one of the main advantages of the SolarEdge technology, due to the fact that all modules operate with a common current within a string, and all strings operate at fixed voltage.

Therefore I don't think I will extend the Module Layout possibilities to the SolarEdge system: I would not know how to do that.

However I'm working on other power optimizers, and there may be some residual electrical shading effects, that I'm just investigating now.

The results of these studies will be published with a future version of PVsyst, within hopefully 2-3 months.