Simulation Analysis of Solar Photovoltaic Array Installation on Roof Top of an Academic Institution by Using Helioscope

Abstract

The Solar energy based harvesting technologies are gaining enormous interest now-a-days. It has been estimated that, the generation of electricity based on available renewable energy sources shall predominantly increase in the range from 35% to 40% by the year 2040 which was stated by International Energy Agency recently. Furthermore, according to Ministry of new and Renewable energy, India has already been setup a huge target of energy expansion which is likely to be reached nearly about 175 Giga Watt capacities by 2022. This clearly indicates that, Solar energy based energy generation techniques has become an essential means in order to reduce several vital issues related to energy demand needs and environmental aspects  especially owing to the reduction in harmful emissions. There are several software’s available to simulate and analyze the installation methodologies of Solar energy based roof top mounted system or ground based installation systems. Among the existing software packages, helioscope basically provides many user friendly options to investigate the installation process with the help of Google map and adopting cloud computing technique in particular. It emphasizes on commercially as well as residentially viable installations. This paper more specifically explains about the simulation study of mounting a roof top based Photovoltaic system on our Institution itself and illustrates the energy generation and efficiency view points by estimating the losses in the system.