1 Scope
This part of IEC 61724 defines a procedure for measuring and analyzing the power production of a specific
photovoltaic system with the goal of evaluating the quality of the PV system performance.
The test is intended to be applied during a relatively short time period (a few relatively
sunny days).
In this procedure, actual photovoltaic system power produced is measured and compared
to the power expected for the observed weather based on the design parameters of the
system. The expected power under reference and measured conditions are typically derived from the design parameters
that were used to derive the performance target for the plant as agreed to prior to the commencement of the test. For cases when
a power model was not developed during the plant design, a simple model that increases transparency is presented in the annexes as a possible approach.
The intent of this document is to specify a framework procedure for comparing the
measured power produced against the expected power from a PV system on relatively sunny days. This test procedure is intended for application
to grid-connected photovoltaic systems that include at least one inverter and the
associated hardware.
The performance of the system is quantified both during times when the inverters are
maximum-power-point tracking and during times when the system power is limited by the output capability of the
inverter or interconnection limit, reducing the system output relative to what it
would have been with an inverter w...