Estimation of Energy Production of Grid Connected Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic System at Nagar Nigam Kota, Rajasthan

India has a target to install 175 GW of renewable energy capacity until 2022. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India has set an ambitious target of 100 GW solar power by 2022. A significant portion of this target, i.e. 40,000 MW has to be achieved from Grid-Interactive Rooftop Solar PV Plants (RTPV). The solar photovoltaic rooftop has emerged as a potential green technology solution for the conventional fossil fuel based energy sources. This study evaluates the grid-connected solar photovoltaic system for Nagar Nigam Kota Rajasthan. The latitude and longitude of RTPV plant site at Kota are 25°11'33" N and 75°48'55" E respectively. The study further discusses the guidelines and technical specification of various components of grid-connected PV system installed at the chosen site. It analyzes the feasibility of a 100 KW RTPV power plant for calculating the energy production, one software tool PVsyst is used for the evaluation. The annual energy production estimation from PVsyst is 167822 kWh.