My company instructed me to design solar arrays in our simulation software (Aurora solar) to 80% of the customer's consumption. The reasoning is that someone heard solar panels will actually overproduce their nominal rating, so we can build smaller arrays and they will still cover all the usage. I asked where they got this information and I feel like it is merely wishful thinking. I don't doubt that a solar array might overperform, but not consistently 20% more.
Has anyone encountered any studies that might back this claim up? I've been trying to convince them it is not reliable information and we are undersizing our systems, but they are convinced it is true and is helping them close deals by selling smaller arrays.
Has anyone encountered any studies that might back this claim up? I've been trying to convince them it is not reliable information and we are undersizing our systems, but they are convinced it is true and is helping them close deals by selling smaller arrays.