Performance Investigation of a Proposed 75MW Grid Connected Solar PV in Kankia, Nigeria

In this paper, a proposed grid-integrated photovoltaic (PV) system in Kankia, Katsina state of Nigeria is investigated. One year meteorological data obtained from National Aeronautics and space Administration (NASA) was used for the study. The system comprises of 187,500 modules of 400Wp PV panels. Key results shows that total monthly energy deliverable to the grid ranges from 8374.4MWh to 11336MWh corresponding to the month of August and March respectively. The calculated capacity factor has a value between 15.01% and 20.32% corresppmding to the month of August and March, respectively. Performance ratio is determined to be between 71.26% in June and 76.80% in December.