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I believe utility-scale solar in Arizona achieves a 30% capacity factor with 1-axis tracking (which is the default these days for utility-scale solar in the des
by pfdietz 2y ago
I believe utility-scale solar in Arizona achieves a 30% capacity factor with 1-axis tracking (which is the default these days for utility-scale solar in the desert SW). Not sure if this is DC capacity factor or AC; the latter is typically smaller because the PV is oversized for the inverters, although the discrepancy is lower with 1-axis tracking as the peak gets spread out more, justifying more inverter capacity.