• Ibrahim Joseph Mwasubila
• Dr. M .L. S. Deva Kumar

The main objective of this project is to conduct the Performance assessment of the existing photovoltaic power plant at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur (JNTUA). Assessment of the grid-connected plants could help to improve the existing system and help to improve the future design installations and maintenance of the solar power plants. JNTUA installed the photovoltaic power plant which is connected to the grid by the use of net metering; this helps the university to address the problem of power. In this study the annual performance of the power plant, performance ratio, capacity of utilisation (CUF) and energy yield were analyzed along with power plant design aspects. Various types of power losses were identified. The collected data were evaluated by using Microsoft® Excel, computation equations and validated by experiment then benchmarked. Based on the analysis the power plant has a low capacity of utilisation and low-performance ratio in one subsection. In order to improve the performance and solve the existing problem various ways of improving the performance were provided. Measures suggested could help improve the performance of the existing solar power plant and future designs.

performance, photovoltaic, power plant, grid solar power plant, India.

"PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF THE GRID CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANT: A CASE OF AN INDIAN UNIVERSITY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.473-486, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905D70.pdf

"PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF THE GRID CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANT: A CASE OF AN INDIAN UNIVERSITY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp473-486, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905D70.pdf