Performance Evaluation of a Fleet of Photovoltaic Systems Across India and Southeast Asia

The growth of PV systems deployment continues to lead the rapid dissemination of solar photovoltaics as one of the primary sources of renewable electricity generation today across the globe. However, several solar technology entrants in new markets naturally mean that thousands of PV systems are being deployed and not necessarily performing at their highest potentials. The core location of new systems lies in Asia. Little information is also available on system performance across the scientific world and public databases with regards to large datasets of sites. This work aims to break that trend and expose the performance metrics of a considerable pool of distributed Asian PV systems (57 sites, ~42 MWp) based on a fleet of assets deployed in India and six other Southeast Asia countries. Challenges preventing optimal system operation are discussed and could be used as guidelines for higher-quality systems coming online in the years ahead in the region.