performance evaluation of the first iranian large-scale photovoltaic power plant

In recent years, due to the fact that non-renewable energy is coming to an end, renewable energy is expected to provide a significant part of the future needs of iran. among these energies, solar energy can be used in a wider range of country, due to availability, proper radiation intensity, high sunshine during the year (about 300 sunny days per year), installation in the desired power and a lot of land in many parts of the country will have a significant share. the purpose of this paper is to analyze the performance of 1 mw arak solar power plant (iran’s first megawatt power plant) according to iec-61724 standard using data recorded over a year (november 2016 to november 2017). the arak solar power plant was built at latitude of 34° 3’, 2” north, and longitude 49° 47’ 47” at an altitude of 1700 meters above sea level. the plant has the capacity of 1 mw in a 1.6-acre land with 3920 modules (1920*260 watt monocrystals and 2000*250 watt polycrystals) in 200 structures and four inverters (each with a capacity of 250 kw). the information of this power plant is recorded in fifteen-minute intervals, which according to iec-61724, this power plant is in the class b and we can do one-year performance analysis. in this paper, the performance parameters of the system are presented, also a table for comparison with other power plants in some parts of the world has been created.