Fresh Questions, Practical Answers: PVsyst Q&A Series #7

Friendly Tip: The software version used in the following Q&A section is PVsyst 6.66 or 6.67. For other versions, please refer to them for reference. 1. Can PVsyst output the sunlight and temperature data for every hour of the entire year? [Teacher Yang]: On the initial interface of the grid-connected system design, settings are made in the "output file" section within "Advanced simul.". By default, the software does not output any files after simulation, meaning the "Datafile output" option is set to "No output" (i.e., no files are output). However, we can choose "Output on filename" and set the path for saving the file (default or User-defined). After the simulation is completed, a file for each hour will be automatically generated, which can be opened using Excel. Since the file is generally in Csv format, with spaces or semicolons as separators, the columnar data can be presented using Excel's columnar splitting function.…