Output Variable Reference

Solar Advisor displays output variables in graphs and tables as described in Results Page Reference. This section describes each of the variables that appear in the Metrics table and in many graphs.

Hourly performance variables that appear on the Hourly tab of the Case Summary results spreadsheet and in the time series data viewer (DView) are described in Viewing Hourly Performance Data.

The variables described in this section are:

•Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE)
•1st Year PPA Price
•Annual Energy
•Capacity Factor
•Debt Fraction
•Internal Rate of Return
•kWh/kW - Year 1
•Minimum DSCR
•Net Present Value
•Payback
•PPA Escalation
•kWh/kW - Year 1
•System Performance Factor