Optimization Design and Simulating Solar PV System Using PVSyst Software

Renewable energy is now increasingly popular to be installed slowly on a large-scale. Indonesia is targeting 23% of renewable energy in 2025 of the total power generated, and this will be a consideration to conduct further research related to the potentials that exist in Indonesia. Solar photovoltaic (PV) is one alternative that has broad potential for Indonesia due to Indonesia's climate and weather conditions there are very supportive in utilizing this technology. Design optimization studies and solar PV system simulation will be presented in this paper with a case study on Artificial Lake at the Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) by utilizing an area of 600 m2 as a solar PV placement area. The result found that the optimal design by using Si-Mono 310 Wp, 27 V with orientation 5°, and energy produced is 144.21 MWh/year.