User Guide
Contents
Index
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About the Solar Advisor Model
Switching from Earlier Versions
Getting Started
Projects and Cases
Menus
Working with Notes
Entering Inputs
Running Simulations
Reviewing Results
File Formats
Technology and Market
Input Page Reference
Climate
System Summary
Utility Rate
Financing
Tax Credit Incentives
Payment Incentives
Annual Performance
Photovoltaic Systems
PV System Costs
Array
PVWatts Solar Array
PV Array Shading
Module
Inverter
PV Loads
PV Storage
Parabolic Trough Systems
Trough System Costs
Solar Field
Solar Multiple Optimization
SCA / HCE
Power Block
Thermal Storage
Parasitics
Dish Stirling Systems
Dish System Costs
System Library
Solar Field
Collector
Receiver
Stirling Engine
Parasitics
Reference Inputs
Power Tower Systems
Tower System Costs
Heliostat Field
Optimization Wizard
Tower and Receiver
Power Cycle
Thermal Storage
Parasitics
Generic Fossil Systems
Fossil System Costs
Fossil Plant
User Variables
Editing Annual Schedules
Working with Numeric Ranges
Configuring Simulations
Parametric Analysis
Sensitivity Analysis
Optimization
Statistical
Multiple Systems
Excel Exchange
Results Page Reference
Metrics Table
Working with Graphs
Working with Sliders
Viewing Data Tables
Output Variables Reference
Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE)
1st Year PPA Price
Annual Output
Capacity Factor
Debt Fraction
Internal Rate of Return
kWh/kW - Year 1
Minimum DSCR
Net Present Value
Payback
PPA Escalation
System Performance Factor
Cash Flow Reference
Exporting Data and Graphs
Viewing Hourly Performance Data
Time Series Data (DView)
Working with Libraries
References
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