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Generation degradation

The Year-1 and Year-2-onward loss applied to Solar and Wind generation over the project life.

The ๐Ÿ“‰ Degrad. tab sets how much Solar and Wind generation itself declines over the project life โ€” separate from the battery's own state-of-health degradation on the ๐Ÿ”‹ BESS tab.

The Degrad. tab's Generation Loss Year-1 and Year-2+ fields.
The Degrad. tab

Fields

FieldDefaultRangeWhat it does
Generation Loss Year-11.0%0โ€“5%Solar/Wind generation loss in Year 1
Generation Loss Year-2+0.4%/yr0โ€“2%/yrAnnual generation loss from Year 2 onward

The tab's own caption describes the two figures as compounding โ€” each year's generation factor is (1 minus the Year-1 loss) multiplied by (1 minus the Year-2+ loss) raised to the power of (year minus 1) โ€” and captions the shipped defaults as "1% Year-1, 0.4%/yr thereafter (IEC 61215 standard module degradation)".

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