How do you export 25 years of daily or hourly production data from a SAM model?
SAM's performance models run an hourly (or subhourly) simulation for a single year. A weather file with hourly data would result in 8,760 hourly output values. The financial models assume that this production profile is for the first year that the system is in operation, or Year 1 of the project cash flow. The system's total annual output in Years 2 and later is either the same as the Year 1 value, or adjusted by the degradation loss that you specify on the Degradation input page.
You can export the Year 1 hourly data from either the data table or time series data graphs on the Results page.
Best regards,
Paul.
