Hybrid PV Installation Scheme with Optimal Design to Enhance PV System Performance

The shading effect and limited space of urban buildings have resulted in the design of traditional PV installations becoming complex and needing to meet the building's electricity demands. This paper presents the development of a hybrid building applied photovoltaic (BAPV) and building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) design and installation scheme to increase the flexible PV installation area and the performance of PV systems based on specified energy consumption. Performance parameters, such as energy PV output, yield factor, yield reference, performance ratio, global incident irradiation, and shading losses, are used to assess the technical suitability of the proposed design and installation method. The energy conversion process and energy loss of the PV system installation simulation are performed using the PVsyst software. The results show that the proposed design and installation method can increase the installation space and generate 12.62 MWh/year more energy than the BAPV installation scheme.