Applying Soiling Loss Percentage

[Justin Stanley]

Hi,

I have monthly soiling loss percentages we'd like to apply when running a model, but I can't figure out how to actually include those in the model chain. Is that possible, or do we just have to apply them manually to the results of the model run?

[cwh...@sandia.gov]

Hi Justin,

The only loss model connected in the ModelChain class is pvsystem.pvwatts_losses. This loss model inputs a percent loss for various categories, which are all applied as a reduction to the DC power. If the loss is a time series, the index needs to be the same as for your weather inputs, which are propagated through the ModelChain to all of the time series outputs.

Best regards,

Cliff

[Justin Stanley]

Thanks, Cliff! I think that got me exactly what I needed.