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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">The energy for your PV/electric generator is reported in the PS-C and as a PS-H report in the .sim file.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">When I double the size of your PV array, I see the PS-H AC output nearly doubling. Note that the numbers shown below are for a different weather file (one I
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I find it helpful to create a separate electric sale meter for the photovoltaics and put the generator on that meter. That way, the PS-B explicitly shows the
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Thomas Kim via Equest-users<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 25, 2021 7:13 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ahmad Fraij <fraij@yahoo.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Fraij via Equest-users <equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Solar PV Modeling in eQUEST<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">CAUTION: EXTERNAL SENDER <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A few years ago, I came across the issue. As far as I know, the only way to check the electricity generated from solar PV systems is to use hourly reports under Project & Site.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. Create a new report block.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2. Include the new block.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">3. Run and find hsr file. Change the extension name of the hsr file to .csv.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">4. Open it with Excel.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope it helps.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3D85C6">Thomas Kim</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#999999"> PE, RA, NCARB, LEED AP <sup>BD+C</sup>, BEMP<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 3:35 AM Ahmad Fraij via Equest-users <<a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">I have created Photovoltaic Module and Electric Generator under Utility but the electricity consumption and the electrical demand did not change. I changed the capacity of
the solar PV system in many times but the consumption and the demand are not changing with the changes I do in the solar PV system. Anybody can help please? Am I missing something?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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