Navrongo Solar

Year of commissioning: 2013 (June)

Developer, owner and operator: Volta River Authority (VRA)

Off-taker: Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo)

Annual generation: 3843 MWh (2014)

• PV modules and support.
• Primary DC cabling
• Array Boxes & Secondary DC cabling
• Power Conversion sub-station: inverters, transformers, shelters
• Monitoring Field bus & Control MV line
• Grid Connection sub-station

• Annual solar irradiation in optimal plane of modules without any shadow: 5.53 kWh/m²/day
• Grid connection distance: 10 km
• Net electricity generation measured at the output substation: 3183 MWh/year
• Diesel generator utilization: none
• Performance ratio: 78
• Number of PV modules: 6930
• Watt-peak of one PV module: 280 Wp
• Number of inverters: 4
• Power of inverters: 500 kW
• PV array: fixed
• Monitoring equipment: electricity meters at substation
• Average lifetime: 20-25 years