A Simple and Inexpensive Method for Evaluating the Photovoltaic Potential: Its Validation in Buenos Aires and Antarctica

Table 1

Experimental and calculated maximum power delivered by PV module. Percent deviations are also shown.

	(for 47 ) (V)	Experimental maximum power (mW)
			Calculated maximum power (mW)	Deviation (%)
1	8.6	2333.3	2271.17	−2.7
2	11.6	3139.2	3129.47	−0.3
3	6	1498.5	1527.31	1.9
4	5.3	1264.8	1327.04	4.9
5	11.1	3038.8	2986.42	−1.7
6	10.3	2801.6	2757.54	−1.6
7	2.3	483.8	468.74	−3.1
8	11.7	3226.6	3158.08	−2.1
9	10.8	2884.2	2900.59	0.6
10	9.9	2577.6	2643.10	2.5
11	9.1	2359.8	2414.22	2.3
12	8.2	2106.0	2156.73	2.4
13	7.3	1863.2	1899.24	1.9
14	6.5	1671.4	1670.36	−0.1
15	5.5	1391.0	1384.26	−0.5
16	4.7	1126.4	1155.38	2.6
17	3.7	877.7	869.28	−1.0
18	2.7	611.8	583.18	−4.7
19	1.8	384.0	325.69	−15.2
20	11.5	3088.8	3100.86	0.4